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And  moft  abedieat 
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City  of  Albany, 
May  io,  1790. 


Extrails  from  the  Acls  of  the  Reverend  Synod  of  the 
Reformed  Butch  Church  in  North-America,  Oclo- 
ber,  1788. 

"  T  J  'HE  Synod,  convinced  of  the  propriety  of 
X  introducing  an  uniformity  of  Englifh  Pfal- 
rnody  in  their  Churches,  directed  thac  a  Pfalm 
Book  be  formed  by  a  ielecticn  from  the  Verfions 
of  Dr.  Brady  and  Mr.  Tate,  Dr.  Watts  and  the 
Book  at  prefent  in  ufe  in  the  Dutch  Church  of 
the  City  of  New- York  ;  with  fuch  alterations  as 
may  be  found  neceffary ;  and  alfo  that  a  number 
of  Hymns  be  bound  up  in  the  fame  Volume  j 
which,  when  approved  of,  the  Synod  will  recom- 
mend to  be  ufed  in  ail  the  churches  under  their 
care,  where  Divine  Service  is  performed  in  the 
Engiifh  Language. 

The  Synod  farther  dire&ed,  that  the  Heidel-* 
bergh  Catechilmand  the  Compendium,  the  Con- 
feilion  of  Faith  and  the  Liturgy  of  the  Reformed 
Church  in  the  Netherlands,  as  they  are  tranfia- 
ted  in  the  aiorefaid  Pialm  Book  ufed  in  the  Dutch 
Church  of  the  City  of  New-York,  be  added  to  thev 
Pialm  Book  and  Hymns." 


Synod  Er.tra.ord.     May,   1789. 

"  T)  EPQRT  being  made  that  the  Pialm  Book 
Iv  arid  Hymns  were  prepared  agreeably  to 
the  direction  of  Synod,  and  the  lame  being  ap- 
proved of  ;  it  was  ordered  that  the  Reverend 
Doctor  Livingfton,  Profefibr  of  Theology  and 
Praefes  of  the  prefent  Synod,  be  requeitcd  to  com- 
mit them  immediately  to  the  prefs,  and  when 
completed,  to  affix  thereto  his  name,  that  fo  the 
rcfpe&iVe  Congregations  may  be  afTisicdthat  this 


publication  is  made  with  the  approbation  and  by" 
the  authority  of  the  Synod." 

AGREEABLY  to  the  foregoing  refolutions,  I 
hereby  certify  that  the  Pfalms  and  Hymns  ;  to- 
gether with  t>he  Catechifm  and  Compendium,  the 
Confeffion  of  Faith  and  Liturgy  contained  in  this 
book,  are  the  fame  which  the  Reverend  Synod 
have  approved,  and  now  recommend  to  be  ufed  in 
all  their  Churches  where  divine  Service  is  per- 
formed in  the  Englifn  Language. 

Given  at  New- York,  October  2a,  1789^ 


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PSALMS 

O     F 

JD     JL     V    X     &. 

pfalm  i — common  metre. 

2  TTOW  bleft  is  he  who  ne'er  confents 
JLjL  By  ill  advice  to  walk  ; 

Nor  ftands  In  fmners  ways,  nor  fits 
Where  men  pr,ofanely  talk  I 

a  But  makes  the  perfeft  law  pf  God 

His  bus'nefs  and  delight  ; 
Devoutly  reads  therein  by  day, 

And  meditates  by  night. 

3  Like  fome  fair  tree,  which,  fed  by  ftreatns^ 
With  timely  fruit  does  bend, 

He  ftill  mall  flouriih,  and  fuccefs 
All  his  defigns  attend. 

4  Ungodly  men,  and  their  attempts, 
No  lafting  root  fhali  find  ; 

Untimely  blafted,  and  diipers'd, 
Like  chaff  before  the  wind. 

5  Their  guilt  fhall  ftrike  the  wicked  dumb 
Before  their  Judge's  face  ; 

No  formal  hypocrite  mail  then. 
Among  .the  faints  have  place. 

6  For  God  approves  the  juft  man's  ways  ; 
To  happineis  they  tend  : 

But  fmners,  and  the  paths  they  tread, 
.Sfeall  both  in  ruin  end. 


8  PSALM     II. 

Pfalm  2 — common  metre. 

i  *\T7TTH  reftlefs  and  ungovern'd  rage, 

VV     Why  do  the  heathen  ftorrn  ? 
Why  in  fuch  ralh  attempts  engage, 
As  they  can  ne'er  perform  ? 

The  great  in  council,  and  in  might, 
Their  various  forces  bring  ; 
Againft  the  Lord  they  all  unite, 
And  his  anointed  King. 

3  "  Mull  we  iubmit  to  their  commands  ?'* 
Preiamptuoufiy  they  fay  ; 

"  No  ;  let  us  break  their  ilavifh  bands, 
4i  And  caft  their  chains  away." 

4  But  God,  who  fits  enthron'd  on  high, 
An<J  fees  how  they  combine, 

Does  their  confpiring  ftrength  defy, 
And  mocks  their  vain  defign. 

5  Thick  clouds  of  wrath  divine  fhall  break 
On  his  rebellious  foes  ; 

And  thus  will  he  in  thunder  fpeak, 
To  all  that  dare  oppofe. 

6  "  Though  madly  you  difpute  my  will, 
"  The  King  that  I  ordain, 

"  Whofe  throne  is  fix'd  on  Sion's  hill, 
"  Shall  there  fecurely  reign." 

7  Attend,  O  earth,  whilft  I  declare 
God's  uncontrol'd  decree  : 

"  Thou  art  my  Son  ;  this  day,  my  heir* 
"  Have  I  begotten  thee. 

8  "  APk.  and  receive  thv  full  demands, 
"  Thine  fliall  the  heathen  be  : 

**  The  utmoft  limits  of  the  lands 
44  Shall  be  poffefs'd  bv  thee. 


PSALM    III. 

9  "  Thy  threatening  fceptre  thou  fhalt  (hake, 

"  And  cruih  them  ev'ry  where  ; 
"  As  many  bars  of  iron  break 

"  The  potter's  brittle  ware." 

to  Learn  then,  ye  princes  ;  and  give  ear,. 

Ye  judges  of  the  earth  : 
Worfhip  the  Lord  with  holy  fear  ; 

Rejoice  with  awful  mirth. 

ii  Appeafe  the  Son,  with  due  refpecT: 

Your  timely  homage  pay  ; 
Left  he  revenge  the  bold  neglect, 

Incens'd  by  your  delay. 

ia  If  but  in  part  his  anger  rife, 

Who  can  endure  the  flame  ? 
Then  bieft  are  they  whofe  hope  relies 

On  his  moft  holy  Name. 


Pfalm  3 — common  metre. 
s  "J\/rY  God,  how  many  are  my  fears  ? 

jLV  JL  How  fait  my  foes  increafe  ? 
Confpiring  my  eternal  death, 

They  break  my  prefent  peace. 

2.  The  lying  tempter  would  periuade 
There's  no  relief  in  Heaven, 

And  all  my  growing  fins  appear 
Too  great  to  be  forgiven. 

3  But  thou,  my  glory,  and  my  ftrength, 
Shalt  on  the  tempter  tread, 

Shalt  iilen.ce  all  my  threat'ning  guilt, 
And  raiie  my  drooping  head. 

4  I  cry'd,  and  from  his  holy  hill 
He  bowvd  a  lift'ning  ear  ; 

I  call  d  my  Father,  and  my  God, 
And  he  fubdu'd  my  fear. 

A    2 


io  PSALM    IV. 

5  He  fried  foft  fiumbers  on  mine  eyes, 
In  fpite  of  all  my  foes ; 

1  woke  and  wonder'd  at  the  grace 
That  guarded  my  repot'e. 

6  What  tho'  the  hefts  of  death  and  hell 
All  arm'd  againit  me  ftood  , 

Terrors  no  more  mall  make  my  foul  $ 
My  refuge  is  my  God. 

7  Arife,  O  Lord,  fulfil  thy  grace, 
While  I  thy  glory  ling  : 

My  God  has  broke' the  ferpent's  teeth, 
And  death  has  loft  his  fling. 

8  Salvation  to  the  Lord  belongs, 
His  arm  alone  can  fave  ; 

Bieffmgs  attend  thy  people  here, 
And  reach  beyond-the  grave, 

Pfalm  4 — long  metre. 

i  C\  GOD  of  grace  and  righteoufnefs, 
\-}  Hear  and  attend  when  I  complain  , 

Thou  haft  enlarg'd  me  in  diftrefs, 
Bow  down  a  gracious  ear  again. 

2  Ye  fons  of  men  in  vain  ve  try 
To  turn  my  glory  into  ihame  ; 

How  long  will  {coffers  love  to  lie, 

And  dare  reproach  my  Saviour's  name  3 

3  Know  that  the  Lord  divides  his  faints 
From  ail  the  tribes  of  men  belide  ; 

He  hears  and  pities  their  complain':?., 
For  the  dear  fake  of  Chrift  that  died, 

4  When  our  obedient  hands,  have  done 
A  thoufand  works  of  righteoufnefs, 

We  put  our  truft  in  God  alone, 
An.4  glory  in  his  paru'ning  grace, 


PSALM    Y.  it 

5  Let  the  unthinking  many  fay, 

"  Who  will  bcjioivfome  earthly  good  F* 
But,  Lord,  thy  light  and  leve  we  pray, 
Our  fouls  cfenre  this  heav'nly  food, 

6  Then  fnall  my  cheerful  powers  rejoice 
At  grace  divine,  ard  love  fc  crreat ; 

Ncr  will  I  change  my  happy  choice 
For  all  their  wealth  and  boafted  ftate. 


-common  metre. 


i   T-  ORD,  in  the  morning  thou  {halt  hear 
L  j     My  voice  afcending  high  ; 

To  thee  will  I  direct  my  pray'r, 
To  thee  lift  up  mine  eye. 

4  Up  to  the  hills  where  Chrifb  is  gone. 

To  plead  for  all  his  faints, 
Pfefentinff  at  his  Father's  throne, 


3  Thou  art  a  God,  before  whole  fight 
The  wicked  (hall  not  ftand  ; 

Sinners  ilicll  ne'er  be  thy  delight, 
Nor  dwell  at  thy  right  hand. 

4  But  to  thy  houfe  will  I  refoft, 
To  taile  thy  mercies  there  ; 

I  will  frequent  thine  holy  court. 
And  wcrfhip  in  thy  fear. 

5  O  may  thy  Spirit  guide  my  feet 
In  ways  of  rightecuihefs  \ 

Make  every  path  of  duty  ftrait, 
And  plain  before  my  face. 

6  My  watchfel  enemies  combine 
To  tempt  my  feet  ailray  ; 

They  flatter  with  a  bafe  ce%n, 
To  make  zav  foul  their  prev. 


it  PSALM    VL 

7  Lord}  craft  the  ferpent  in  the  dull, 
And  all  his  plots  deftroy  ; 

While  thofe  that  in  thy  mercy  trail, 
for  everfhout  for  joy. 

8  The  men  that  love  and  fear  thy  name, 
Shall  fee  their  hopes  fulfill'd  ; 

The  mighty  God  will  compafs  them 
With  favor  as  a  lhieid. 


Pfalm  6 — common  metre, 

i  HPHY  dreadful  anger,  Lord,  reftrain. 

X       And  (pare  a  wretch  forlorn  ; 
Correal  me  not  in  thy  fierce  wrath, 
Too  heavy  to  be  borne. 

%  Have  mercy,  Lord,  for  I  grow  faint, 

Unable  to  endure 
The  anguifh  of  my  aching  bones, 

Which  thou  alone  can'it  cure. 

3  My  tortur'd  fiefh  diftrafls  my  mind, 
Aiid  fills  my  foul  with  grief  : 

But,  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  delay 
To  grant  me  thy  relief  ? 

4  Thy  wonted  goodnefs,  Lord,  repeat, 
And  eafe  my  troubled  foul  : 

Lord,  for  thy  wondrous  mercy's  fake, 
V  ouchfafe  to  make  me  whole. 

5  For  after  death  no  more  can  I 
On  earth  thy  acls  pre  claim  ; 

No  pris'ner  of  the  filent  grave 
Can  magnify  thy  name. 

6  Quite  tir'd  with  pain,  with  groaning  faint, 
No  hope  of  tafe  I  fee  ; 

The  night,  that  quiets  common  grief, 
Is  fpent  in  tears  by  me. 


P5AL  M    VII.  *3 

j  My  beauty  fades,  my  fight  grows  dim, 

My  eyes  with  weakness  clote  ; 
Old  age  o'er  takes  me,  whilft  I  think 

On  my  inmlting  foes. 

8  Depart,  ye  wicked  ;  in  my  wrongs 

Ye  (hall  no  more  rejoice  ; 
For  God,  I  find,  accepts  my  tears, 

And  liftens  to  my  voice. 

5>  He  hears,  and  grants  my  humble  pray'x  : 

And  they  that  wifli  my  fall 
Shall  blufti  and  rage,  to  fee  that  God 

Protects  me  from  them  alh 


Pfalm  7 — common  metre. 


'M 


My  hope  in  thee,  my  God  : 
Rife  and  my  heiplefs  life  defend, 
From  thofe  that  feek  my  blood. 

%  With  infolence  and  fury  they 

My  foul  in.  pieces  tear. 
As  hungry  lions  rend  the  prey, 

When  no  deliverer's  near. 

3  If  e'er  my  pride  provok'd  them  firfl, 
Or  once  abusVl  my  foe, 

Then  let  them  tread  my  life  to  duft, 
And  lay  my  honor  low. 

4  If  there  be  malice  found  in  me, 
I  know  thy  piercing  eyes  ; 

I  mould  net  dare  apnea!  to  thee. 


w      ATif«    rrvv  flaS     lift  HT3  thv  llSTlf! 

Their  pride  and  power  eoatroul ; 
Awake  to  judgment,  and  command 
Deiiv'rance    for  mv  foul 


i4  PSALM     VIII. 

6  Let  fmners  and  their  v/icked  rage 
Be  humbl'lto  the  dull ; 

Shy  11  not  the  God  of  truth  engage 
To  vindicate  the  juft  ? 

7  He  knows  the  heart,  he  tries  the  reins, 
He  will  defend  th'  upright ; 

His  (harpeft  arrows  he  ordui:^ 
Agiinft  the  fons  of  fpite. 

8-  Tho'  Leagu'd  in  guile  their  malice  fpread 

-fore  my  way  ; 
Their  mifchiefs  on  their  impious  head, 
His  vengeance  (hall  repay. 

9  That  cruel  pferfecuting  race 
Mull  feel  his  dreadful  (word  ; 

Awake  my  foul,  and  praife  the  grace 
And  jufUce  oi  the  Lord. 


Ffalm  8 — fhort  metre. 

i  r\  LORD,  our  heavenly  King, 
*^J     Thy  name  is  all  divine  ; 

\  round  the  earth  are  fpread, 
And  o'er  the  he  v\  ens  they  2ii 

2  When  to  thy  works  on  1. 

I  raife  my  wondering  eyes, 
And  lee  the  moo  -  e  in  light 

Adorn  the  d-~:  iea. 

3  When  I  furvey  the  liars 
And  all  the  fhlning  forms, 

Lord,  what  is  man,  that  worthlefs  thing, 
A-kin  to  duft  ms  ? 

A  Lord,  what  is  worthlefs  man, 

That  thou  fhouldht  love  him  fo  > 
Next  to  thine  angels  is  he  plac'd, 
]  Lord  of  all  belo  »v\ 


PSALM     IX.  is 

5  Thine  honors  crown  his  head, 
While  beafts  like  flaveS  obey, 

And  birds  that  cut  the  air  with  wings, 
And  fifti  that  cleave  the  fea. 

6  How  rich  thy  bounties  are  ! 
And  wond'rous  are  thy  ways  ; 

Of  dull  and  worms  thy  power  can  frame 
A  monument  of  praife. 

7  From  mouths  of  feeble  babes 
And  fucklirigs,  thcu  canft  draw 

Surprising  honors  to  thy  name, 
And  ftrike  the  world  with  awe, 

8  O  Lord,  our  heavenly  King, 
Thy  name  is  all  divine  ; 

Thy  glories  round  the  earth  are  fpreac, 
And  o'er  the  hea/ns  they-ftutfe. 


Pjklm  9 — long  metre.   . , 

2  HPO  celebrate  thy  name,  O  Lord  ! 

JL      My  i\eart  and  voice,  in  one  acieord, 
With  grateful  joy,  I  will  declare 
To  men  thy  works,  which  wond'rous  are. 

a  The  thought  of  them  to  me  mail  bring 
Exalted  pleafare  whilft  I  fing  : 
My  thankful  foul  fhall  drive  to  raife, 
To  thee,  my  God,  triumphant  praife. 

3  When  thofe  who  did  againft  me  rife, 
Have  iled  with  fhame,  ftruck -with  furprifej 
Terror  mall  feize  them  in  their  flight  ; 
They  fall  and  perifh  at  thy  fight. 

4  Againft  my  life  they  firove  in  vain  ; 
For  thou  didil  ftill  my  caiafe  maintain  ; 

My  right  aflerting  from  thy  throne, 
"Where  juflice  reigns,  and  truth  is  kmowrv. 


tS  PSALM     IX. 

£  The  infolence  of  heathen  pride, 
O  God  of  truth,  thou  wilt  deride  ; 
Their  offspring  (hall  be  low  debis'd, 
Their  names  with  infamy  difgrac'd. 

Part  i — long  metre. 

6  Miftaken  foes,  your  ill  defign, 

Quite  vanquiih'd,  now  you  mult  refign  y 
Our  city  yet  remains  fecure, 
Altho'  you  thought  its  ruin  fure. 

7  For  God,  the  Lord,  enthron'd  on  high, 
Isiwith  impartial  juftice  nigh  : 

His  judgment-feat  he  hath  prepar'd, 
As  well  to  puniih  as  reward. 

8  There  fhall  he  fit  in  righteoufnefs, 
And  ev'ry  fecret  wrong  redrefs  : 
His  anger  will  his  foes  deftroy, 
His  faints  fhail  ftill  his  {miles  enjoy. 

p  God  is  a  conftant  fure  defence 
Againft  opprefiive  infolence  ; 
And  when  our  foes  exert  their  rage, 
He  will  in  our  behalf  engage. 

io  All  thofe  who  have  his  goodnefs  known, 
Will  look  for  help  to  God  alone  ; 
His  mercy  never  will  neglect 
Thofe  who  his  holy  name  refpeft. 

Tc.rt  3 — long  metre, 

.xi  Oh  join  your  hearts  in  one  accord, 
From  Sion's  hill  biefs  ye  the  Lord  : 
His  deeds  throughout  the  world  proclaim, 
Till  all  revere  his  holy  name. 

i a  When  he  enquiry  makes  for  guilt, 
The  blood  of  faints  by  fmners  fpilt ; 
He  calls  to  mind  the  poor  diftrefs'd, 
And  ail  their  wrongs  are  foon  redrefs'd, 


PSALM    IX. 

13  Then  pity,  Lord,  my  troubled  ftate, 
Difpel  the  grief  my  foes  create  ; 
Thou  who  doft  oft  my  pray'r  attend, 
And  in  diftrefs  afiiftance  lend. 

14  That  I  in  Zion  may  proclaim 

Thy  praife  to  all  who  love  thy  name, 

And  in  loud  fhouts  of  grateful  joy, 

My  heart  and  tongue,  and  voice  employ. 

15  Deep  in  the  pit  defign'd  for  me, 
The  heathen  pride  mail  humbled  be  ; 
Their  feet  infenfibiy  enfnar'd, 
Where  they  my  ruin  had  prepar'd. 

16  Thus  by  his  judgments,  God  is  known-; 
All  nations  mull  his  juftice  own  ; 

The  wicked  he  will  low  debafe, 
And  by  their  own  defigns  difgrace. 

17  In  hell  the  finner  (hall  be  cait, 

Mid  torments  which  muft  ever  lad  :    - 
None  are  by  privacy  obfcur'd, 
None  jfliall  by  numbers  be  fecur'd. 

s  8  His  fufPring  faints,  when  moil  diftrefs'd, 
Are  by  his  timely  aid  redrefs'd  ; 
Tho'  for  a  while  in  forrows  drown'd, 
Their  hope' (hall  with  fuccefs  be  c'rown'd. 

rp  Arife,  O  Lord  !  to  judgment  come, 
Pronounce  the  guilty  heathen's  doom  ; 
Let  not  thy  foes  thy  faints  devour, 
But  crufh  them  by  almighty  pow'r. 

to  Strike  terror  through  the  nations  round  : 
The  heathen  pride,  O  Lord  !  confound  ; 
And  let  them  by  contenting  fear, 
No  more  than  mortal  men  appear. 


j8  F  S  A  L  M     X. 

Pfalm  10 — common  metre. 

i  TT7HY  doth  the  Lord  depart  fo  far, 

VV       And  why  conceal  his  face, 
When  great  calamities  appear, 
And  times  of  deep  diftrefs  I 

2  Lord,  mail  the  wicked  ftill  deride 
Thy  j  uft ice  and  thy  laws  ? 

Shall  they  advance  their  heads  in  pride, 
And  flight  the  righteous  caufe  ? 

3  They  caft  thy  judgments  from  their  fight, 
And  then  inlult  the  poor  ; 

They  boaft  in  their  exalted  height, 
That  they  ihall  fall  no  more. 

4  Arife,  O  God,  lift  up  thine  hand* 
Attend  our  humble  cry  ; 

No  enemy  fhall  dare  to  ftand, 
When  God  afcends  on  high. 

5  Why  do  the  men  of  malice  rage, 
And  fay  with  foolifh  pride, 

The  God  ofheav'n  ivill  ne'er  engage 
To  fight  on  Zion's  fide. 

€  But  thou  for  ever  art  our  Lord  ; 

And  powerful  is  thine  hand, 
As  when  the  heathen  felt  thy  fword, 

And  perifh'd  from  thy  land. 

7  Thou  wilt  prepare  our  hearts  to  pray, 

And  caufe  thine  ear  to  hear  ; 
Accept  the  vows  thy  children  pay, 

And  free  thy  faints  from  fear. 

*  Proud  tyrants  fhall  no  more  opprefs, 

No  more  deipife  the  juft  ; 
And  mighty  finners  (hall  confefs 

They  are  but  earth  and  dull. 


PSALM    XL  XII.  19 

Pfalm  1 1 — common  metre. 

1   QINCE  I  have  plac'd  my  truft  in  God, 

O     A  refuge  always  nigh, 
Why  mould  I,  like  a  tim'rous  bird, 

To  diftant  mountains  fly  ? 

s  Eehcld  the  wicked,  bend  their  bow, 

And  ready  fix  their  dart, 
Lurking  in  ambufh  to  deftroy 

The  man  of  upright  heart. 

3  When  once  the  firm  afiurance  fails, 
Which  public  faith  imparts, 

'Tis  time  for  innocence  to  fly 
From  inch  deceitful  arts. 

4  The  Lord  hath  both  a  temple  here 
And  righteous  throne  above, 

Whence  he  iurveys  the.fons  of  men 
And  how  their  councils  move. 

5  If  God  the  righteous,  whom  he  loves 
For  trial  does  correct ; 

What  muft  the  fons  of  violence, 
Whom  he  abhors,  expe£t  ? 

6  Snares,  fire,  and  brimftone,  on  their  heads, 
Shall  in  one  tempeft  fhow'r  ; 

This  dreadful  mixture  his  revenge 
Into  their  cup  mail  pour. 

7  The  righteous  Lord  will  righteous  deeds 
With  ngnal  favor  grace  ; 

And  to  the  upright  man  difclofe 
The  brightness  of  his  face. 


Pfalm  it — long  metre. 

f     A  LMIGHTY  God  appear  and  fave  I 
-/jL     For  vice  and  vanity  prevail ; 


so  PSALM    XIII. 

The  godly  periih  in  the  grave, 
The  juii  depart,  the  faithful  fail. 

2  The  whole  difcourfe,  when  crouds  are  met, 
Is  fill'd  with  trifles  ioofe  and  vain  : 

Their  lips  are  flatt'ry  and  eUceit, 

And  their  proud  language  is  profane. 

3  But  lips  that  with  deceit  abound, 
Shall  not  maintain  their  triumph  long  : 

The  God  of  vengeance  will  confound 
The  flattering  and  blafpheming  tongue. 

4  Tet  /hall  our  words  be  free,  they  eryy 
Our  tongues  Jhall  be  control' d  by  none  : 

Where  is  the  Lord,  nvill  ajk  us  ivky  ? 
Or  fay,  our  lips  are  not  our  cwn  ? 

5  The  Lord  who  fees  the  poor  oppreft, 
And  hears  th'  oppreffor's  haughty  flrain. 

Will  rife  to  give  his  children  reft, 
Nor  mall  they  truft  his  word  in  vain. 

6  Thy  word,  O  Lord,  tho'  often  try'd, 
Void  cf  deceit  fhall  ftill  appear  ; 

Not  filver,  feven  times  purify 'd 

From  drois  and  mixture,  mines  fo  clear. 

7  Thy  grace  fnall  in  the  darkeft  hour 
Defend  from  danger  and  furprife  ; 

Tho'  when  the  vileft  men  have  power, 
On  every  fide  opprefibrs  rife. 


Pfalm.  13 — peculiar  metre. 

1  TTOW  long  mall  I  repine  ? 

XT     Lord ,  muft  I  ever  mourn  ? 
Haft  thou  withdrawn  from  me  ? 
And  wilt  thou  ne'er  retura  ? 


PSALM     XIV. 

2  How  long  (Hall  anxious  thoughts 
My  heart  with  grief  opprefs  i 

How  long  my  fees  infill  t, 
And  I  have  no  redrefs  ? 

3  Oh  !  to  my  longing  eyes 
Reftore  thy  wonted  light ; 

And  foon,  or' I  {hall  fleep 
In  everlafting  night. 

4  Reftore  me  left  they  boaft, 

*Twas  their  own  ftrength  o'ercame  ; 
Left  thofe  who  ves  my  foul, 
Should  triumph  in  my  fhame. 

5  Since  I  my  truft  have  plac'd 
Beneath  thy  mercy's  wing  ; 

Thy  help  will  come,  and  then 
My  heart  with  joy  (hail  fing  : 

5  Then  (hall  my  fong,  infpir  d, 
To  thee,  my  God,  afcend, 

IVho  to  my  foul  diftrefs'd, 
Such  bounty  dicft  exterid. 


Pfalm  14 — long  metre. 

QUR.E  wicked  fools  rrruft  needs  fuppdfe 
vJ  That  God  is  nothing  but  a  name  ; 
Corrupt  and  lewd  their  practice  grows, 
No  breaft  is  warm'd  with  holy  flame. 

The  Lord  look'd  down  from  heav'ns  hi gh  tow's 
And  ail  the  fon's  of  men  did  yiew, 
To  fee  if  any  own'd  his  pow'r  j 
If  any  truth  or  jufEice  knew. 

But  all,  hofaw,  were  gene  afide  ; 
All  were  degen'rate  grown,  and  bafe  ; 
None  took  religion  for  their  guide, 
Not  one  of  ail  the  fihfi&*accj 


%%  PSALM    XV. 

4  But  can  thofe  workers  of  deceit 
Be  all  fo  dull  and  fenfelefs  grown, 
That  they  like  bread,  my  people  eat, 
And  God's  almighty  pow'r  diiown  ? 

5  How  will  they  tremble  then  for  fear, 
When  his  juft  wrath  mall  them  o'ertake  ? 
For,  to  the  righteous,  God  is  near, 

And  never  will  their  caufe  forfake. 

6  111  men  in  vain  withfcorn  expofe 
Thofe  methods  which  the  good  purfue  ; 
Since  God  a  refuge  is  for  thofe 
Whom  his  juft  eyes  with  favor  view. 

7  Would  he  his  faving  pow'r  employ, 
To  break  his  people's  fervile  band  ; 
Then  fhouts  ofuniverfal  joy 
Should  loudly  echo  through  the  land. 


P/alrn  15 — long  metre. 

x  7JT7HO  fiiall  afcend  thy  heav'nly  place, 
VV     Great  God,  and  dwell  before  thy  fac 
The  man  that  minds  religion  now, 
And  humbly  walks  with  God  below. 

3  Whofe  hands  are  pure,  whofe  heart  is  clean 
Whole  lips  ftili  fpeak  the  thing  they  mean  ; 
No  flanders  dweli  upon  his  tongue  j 
He  hates  to  do  his  neighbor  wrong. 

3  Scarce  will  he  truft  an  ill  report, 
Or  vent  it  to  his  neighbor's  hurt  ; 
Sinners  of  Hate  he  can  dcfpife, 
But  faints  are  honor'd  in  his  eyes. 

4  Firm  to  his  word  he  ever  ftood, 
And  always  makes  his  prorcife  good, 
Nor  dares  to  change  the  thing  he  fv/ear,:; 
Whatever  nain  or  iolb  he  beaxs* 


PSALM     XVI.  *3 

5  He  never  deals  in  bribing  gold, 

And  mourns  that  juftice  ihould  be  fold  : 
While  others  fcorn  and  wrong  the  poor, 
Sweet  charity  attends  his  door. 

6  He  loves  his  enemies,  and  prays 
For  thofe  that  curfe  him  to  his  face  ; 
And  doth  to  all  men  ftill  the  fame 
That  he  would  hope  or  wifh  from  them. 

7  Yet,  when  his  holieft  works  are  done 
His  foul  depends  on  grace  alone  : 
This  is  the  man  thy  face  fhall  fee, 
And  dwell  for  ever,  Lord,  with  thee. 


Pfalm  16 — long  me.tre. 

PRESERVE  me,  Lord, 
For  fuccor  to  thy  throne  I  flee, 
Bat  have  no  merits  there  to  plead  j 
My  goodnefs  cannot  reach  to  thee, 

Oft  have  my  heart  and  tongue  confeft 
How  empty  and  how  poor  I  am  ; 
&y  praife  can  never  make  thee  bleft, 
Nor  add  new  glories  to  thy  name. 

Yet,  Lord  thy  faints  on  earth  may  reap 
Some  profit  by  the  good  we  do  ; 
'hefe  are  the  company  I  keep, 
Thefe  are  the  choiceft  friends  I  know. 

Let  others  chufe  the  fons  of  mirth 
To  give  a  relifh  to  their  wine  ; 
love  the  men  of  heavenly  birth, 
Whofe  thoughts  and  language  are  divine, 

Part  s— long  metre. 

How  faft  their  guilt  and  forrows  rife. 
Who  hafte  to  feek  feme  idol-god  I 


a4  P  S  A  L  M     XVI. 

I  will  not  tafte  their  facrifice, 

Their  offerings  of  forbidden  blood. 

6  My  God  provides  a  richer  cup, 
And  nobler  food  to  live  upon  ; 

Xte  for  my  life  has  offer'd  up 
Jefus,  his  beft  beloved  Son. 

7  His  love  is  my  perpetual  feaft  ; 

By  day  his  ccunfels  guide  me  right  ; 
And  be  his  name  for  ever  bleft, 

Who  gives  me  fweet  advice  by  night. 

8  I  fet  him  frill  before  mine  eyes  ; 
At  my  right  hand  he  Hands  prepar'd 

To  keep  my  foul  from  all  furprife, 
And  be  my  everlaiting  guard. 

Part  3 — iong  metre. 

$  When  God  is  nigh,  my  faith  is  ftrong, 

His  arm  is  my  almighty  prop  : 
Be  glad  my  heart,  rejoice  my  tongue, 

My  dying  fieih  fhall  reft  in  hope. 

io  Though  in  the  duft  I  lay  my  head, 
Yet,  gracious  God,  thou  wilt  not  leave 

My  foul  for  ever  with  the  dead, 

Nor  lofe  thy  children  in  the  grave. 

1 1  My  fiefli  fhall  thy  firft  call  obey, 
Shake  off  the  duit  and  rife  on  high  ; 

Then  malt  thou  lead  the  wtmi'rous  way 
Up  to  the  throne  above  the  fky. 

12  There  ftreams  of  endlefs  pleafure  flow  ; 
And  full  discoveries  of  thy  grace 

(Which  we  but  tafted  here  below) 

Spread  heavenly  joys  through  all  the  place* 


PSALM    XVII.  as 

Ffalm  17 — common  metre. 

1  HPO  my  juft  plea,  and  fad  complaint, 

J-    Attend  O  righteous  Lord  ; 
£.nd  to  my  pray'er,  as  'tis  unfeign'd, 
A  gracious  ear  afford. 

a  As  in  thy  fight  I  am  approv'd, 

So  let  my  fentence  be  ; 
And  with  impartial  eyes,  O  Lord, 

My  upright  dealing  fee. 

3  For  thou  haft  fearch'd  and  prov'd  each  part, 
And  watch' d  me  day  and  night ; 

And  thou  haft  feen  my  tongue  and  heart 
Have  airn'd  at  what  was  right. 

4  Concerning  all  the  works  of  men, 
Thou  know'ft  my  heart,  O  Lord, 

How  true  and  faithful  I  have  been 
.   According  to  thy  word. 

5  Hold  up  my  goings  in  thy  path, 
Nor  let  my  footfheps  fade  j 

O  Lord,  My  God,  ev'n  unto  death 
Be  thou  my  conftant  guide. 

Fart  z — long  metre. 
1  6  Lord,  I  am  thine  ;  but  thou  wilt  prove 
My  faith,  my  patience,  and  my  love  ; 
When  men  of  fpite  againlt  me  join, 
They  are  the  fword,  the  hand  is  thine.- 

7  Their  hope  and  portion  lie  below  ; 
'Tis  all  the  hap'pinefs  they  know, 

'Tis  all  they  feek  ;  they  take  their  mares  j 
And  leave  the  reft  among  their  heirs. 

8  What  finners  value,  I  refign  ; 
Lord,  'tii-enough  that  thou  art  mine  : 

B 


26  PSALM    XVIII. 

I  (hall  behold  thy  blifsful  face, 

And  Hand  complete  in  righteoufnefs, 

9  This  life's  a  dream,  an  empty  fhow  j 
But  the  bright  world,  to  which  I  go, 
Hath  joys  fubftantial  and  fincere  , 
When  lhall  x  wake  and  find  me  there  ? 

jo  O  glorious  hour  !  O  bleft  abode  ! 
I  ihail  be  near  and  like  my  God  ; 
And  flelh  and  fin  no  more  controul 
The  facred  pleafures  of  the  foul. 

n  My  fiefh  foall  flumber  in  the  ground, 

Till  the  laft  trumpet's  joyful  found  : 
Then  bur  ft  the  chains  with  tweet  iurprife, 
And  in  my  Saviour's  image  rife, 

Pfalm  1 8 — long  metre. 

i  "VJO  change  of  times  (hall  ever  mock, 
j^i    My  firm  affection,  Lord,  to  thee  ; 

For  thou  hail  always  been  a  rock, 
A  fortrefs  and  defence  to  me. 

a  Thou  my  deliy'rer  art,  0  God  ; 

My  trufE  is  in  thy  mighty  pow'r  : 
Thou  art  my  (hield  from  foes  abroad, 

At  home  my  fafeguard  and  my  tow'r, 

3  To  thee  will  I  addrefs  my  pray'r, 
(To  whom  all  praife  we  juftly  owe  ;) 

So  fhall  I,  by  thy  watchful  care, 

Be  guarded  from  my  treach'rous  foe. 

4  By  floods  of  wicked  men  diftrefs'd, 
With  deadly  forrows  compais'd  round, 

With  dire  infernal  pangs  opprefs'd, 
In  death's  unwieldy  fetters  bound  : 

5  To  Heav'n  I  made  my  mournful  pr?y*r 
To  God  addrefs'd  my  humble  moan  ; 


PSALM     XVIIt.  a7 

Who  gracioufiy  inclin'd  his  ear, 

And  heard  me  from  his  lofty  throne. 

Part  2 — long;  metre. 

5  When  God  arofe  my  part  to  take, 

The  confcious  earth  was  ftruck  with  fear  ; 

The  hills  did  at  his  preience  {hake, 
Nor  couid  his  dreadful  fury  bear. 

7  Thick  clouds  of  fmoke  difpers'd  abroad* 
Enugns  of  wrath  before  him  came  j 

Devouring  fire  around  him  glow'd, 
That  coals  were  kindled  at  its  flame. 

S  He  left  the  beauteous  realms  of  light, 
Whilft  heav'n  bow'd  down  its  awful  head  '% 

JSeneath  his  feet  fubitantial  night 
Was  like  a  {able  carpet  fpread. 

f  The  chariot  of  the  King  of  kings, 
Which  aclive  troops  of  angels  drew* 

On  a  ftror.g  tempeft's  rapid  wings, 
With  molt  amazing  fwiftnefs  flew. 

i  o  Black  wat'ry  mills  and  clouds  confpir'd 
With  thickest  {hades  his  face  to  veil  * 

But  at  his  brightnefs  foon  retir'd, 
And  fell  in  fhow'rs  of  fire  and,  hail. 

j  i  Thro'  heav'ns  wide  arch  a  thundering  peal, 
God's  angry  voice,  did  loudly  roar  ; 

While  earth's  fad  face  with  heaps  of  hail 
And  flakes  of  fire  was  cover'd  o'er. 

12  His  marpen'd  arrows  round  he  threw, 
Which  made  his  fcatter'd  foes  retreat  ; 

Like  darts  his  nimble  lightnirgs  flew, 
And  quickly  fmiih'd  their  defeat, 

13  The  deep  its  fe.cret  (tores  difclos'd, 
The  world's  foundations  naked  lay  j 


28  PSALM     XVIII. 

By  his  avenging  wrath  expos'd, 

Which  fiercely  rag'd  that  dreadful  day. 

Part  3 — long  metre. 

14  The  Lord  did  on  my  fide  engage  ; 
From  heav'n,  his  throne,  my  caufe  upheld, 

And  fnatch'd  me  from  the  furious  rage 

Of  threat'ning  waves,  that  proudly  fwell'd. 

15  God  his  refiftlefs  pow'r  employ 'd 
My  fhongeft  foes  attempts  to  break  ; 

Who  elfe,  with  eafe,  had  foon  deftroy'd 
The  weak  defence  that  I  could  make. 

16  Their  fubtile  rage  had  near  prevail'd 
When  I  diftre&'d  and  friendlefs  lay  ; 

But  ftill  when  other  fuccours  fail'd, 
God  was  my  firm  fupport  and  flay. 

17  From  dangers  that  inclos'd  me  round, 
He  brought  me  forth  and  fet  me  free  ; 

For  fome  juft  caufe  his  goodnefs  found 
That  mov'd  him  to  delight  in  me. 

Part  4 — long  metre. 

x8  Thou  fuit'ft,  O  Lord,  thy  righteous  rule, 
To  various  paths  of  human  kind  ; 

The  humble,  meek,  and  merciful, 

With  thee -mall  wond'rous  mercy  find. 

19  Thou  to  the  juft  malt  juftice  flaow  ; 

The  pure  thy  purity  (hall  fee  ', 
Such  as  perverfely  choofe  to  go, 

Shall  meet  with  due  returns  from  the©. 

?o  That  he  the  humble  foul  will  fave, 
And  crufii  the  haughty's  boafted  might, 

In  me  the  Lord  an  inftance  gave, 

Whofe  darknefs  he  has  turn'd  to  light. 


PSALM     XVIII.  .7 

a  1  On  his  firm  fuccor  I  rely'd 

And  did  o'er  num'rous  fjcs  prevail ; 

Nor  fear'd  whilft  he  was  on  my  fide, 
The  bell  defended  walls  to  feale. 

a  2  For  God's  defigns  (hall  ftiil  fuccced  ; 

His  word  will  bear  the  utmoft  teft  ; 
lie's  a  ftrong  fhield  to  all  that  need, 

And  on  his  ilire  protection  reft. 

.23  Who  then  deserves  to  be  ador'd, 

But  God,  on  whom  my  hopes  depend  ? 

Or  who,  exeent  the  mighty  Lord, 
Can  with  refiftlefs  pow'r  defend  ? 

Part  5 — long  metre, 
24  'Tis  God  that  girds  my  armour  on, 

And  all  my  juft  defigns  fulfils  ; 
Through  him  my  feet  can  fwiftly  run, 

Arid  nimbly  climb  the  fteepeit  hills. 

■a 5  Leffons  of  war  from  him  I  take, 
And  manly  weapons  learn  to  wield  ; 

Strong  bows  of  fteel  with  eafe  I  break, 
Forc'd  by  my  ftronger  arms  to  yield* 

26  The  buckler  of  his  faving  health 
Protects  me  from  afiaulting  foes  ; 

His  hand  fuftains  me  ftiil ;  my  wealth 
And  greatneis  from  his  bounty  flows. 

a  7  My  goings  he  enlarg'd  abroad, 
Till  then  to  narrow  paths  confm'd  ; 

And  when  in  ilipp'ry  ways  I  trod, 
The  method  of  my  fteps  defign'd. 

28  Through  him  I  num'rcus  hofts  defeat. 
And  flying  fquadrons  captive  take  ; 

Nor  from  my  fierce  purfuit  retreat, 
Till  1 2.  final  conquell  make. 

B  a 


3o  PSALM     XVIII. 

*9  Cover'd  with  wounds,  in  vain  they  try 
Their  vanquifh'd  heads  again  to  rear  ; 

Spight  of  their  boafted  ftrength,  they  lie 
Beneath  my  feet,  and  grovel  there. 

30  God,  when  frefh  armies  take  the  field, 
Recruits  my  ftrength,  my  courage  warms  ; 

He  makes  ray  ftrong  oppoiers  yield, 
Subdu'd  by  my  prevailing  arms  ; 

31  Through  him,  the  necks  of  proftrate  foes 
My  conqu'ring  feet  in  triumph  prefs  ; 

Aided  i>y  him,  I  root  out  thole 
Who  hate  and  envy  my  fuccefs, 

32  With  loud  complaints  all  friends  they  try'd, 
But  none  was  able  to  defend  ; 

At  length  to  God  for  help  they  cry'd ; 
But  God  would  no  affiftance  lend. 

2,2,  Like  flying  duft,  which  winds  purfue, 
Their  broken  troops  I  fcatter'd  round  ; 

Their  flaughter'd  bodies  forth  I  threw, 

Like  loathibrae  dirt,  that  clogJ  the  ground. 

Part  6 — long  metre. 

34  The  people  oft  at  ftrife  till  now, 
By  God's  appointment  me  obey  ; 

The  heathen  to  my  fceptre  bow, 

And  unknown  nations  own  my  fway. 

35  Pvemoteft  realms  their  homage  fend, 
When  my  iuceeistul  name  they  hear  ; 

Strangers  for  my  commands  attend, 

Charm'd  with  reipect,  oraw'd  by  fear. 

$6  All  to  my  fummons  tamely  yield, 

Or  foon  in  battle  are  diimay'd  : 
For  ftronger  holds  they  quit  the  field, 

And  ft  ill  in  ftrongeft  holds  afraid* 


PSALM    XIX.  31 

37  Let  the  eternal  Lord  be  prais'd, 
The  Rock  on  whole  defence  I  reft:  ! 

O'er  higher!  heav'ns  his  name  be  rais'd, 
Who  me  with  his  falvation  bieft  I 

38  'Tis  God  that  ftill  fupports  my  right, 
His  juft  revenge  my  foes  purfues  ; 

'Tis  he  that,  with  refiftlefs  might, 
Fierce  nations  to  my  yoke  fubdues. 

39  My  univerfal  fafe-guard  he  ! 
From  whom  my  lafling  honors  flow, 

Ke  made  me  great,  and  fet  me  free 
From  my  remorfelefs  bloody  foe. 

40  Therefore,  to  celebrate  his  fame, 

My  greatful  voice  to  Heave'n  I'll  raife  5 
And  nations,  ftrangers  to  his  name, 

Shall  thus  be  taught  to  ling  his  praife  : 

41  "  God  to  his  king  deliv'rance  fends, 
"  Shews  his  anointed  lignal  grace  5 

"  His  mercy  evermore  extends 

"  To  David,  and  his  promis'd  race." 


Pfalm  19 — (hort  metre. 

1  T>  £HOLD  the  lofty  fey 
-O     Declares  its  maker  God, 

And  all  the  flarry  works  on  high 
Proclaim  his  pow'r  abroad. 

2  The  darknefs  and  the  light 

Still  keep  their  conrfe  the  fame  ; 
White  night  to  day  and  day  to  night 
Divinely  teach  his  name. 

3  In  ev'ry.  different  land 

Their  general  voice  is  known  ; 
They  fhew  the  wonders  of  his  hand. 
And  orders  of  his  throne. 


3*  PSALM    XIX. 

4  Yc  Chriitian  lands,  rejoice, 
Kere  he  reveals  his  word  ; 

We  are  not  left  to  nature's  voice 
To  bid  us  know  the  Lord. 

5  His  ftatutes  and  commands 
Are  fet  before  our  eyes  ; 

He  puts  his  gofpel  in  our  hands, 
Where  our  falvation  lies. 

6  His  laws  are  juft  and  pure, 
His  truth  without  deceit, 

His  promifes  for  ever  fure, 
And  his  rewards  are  great. 

7  Not  honey  to  the  tafte 
Affords  fo  much  delight  : 

Nor  gold  that  has  the  furnace  pafs'd 
So  much  allures  the  fig"ht. 

S  While  of  thy  works  I  ling, 

Thy  g^ory  to  proclaim, 
Accept  the  praife,  my  God,  my  King, 
In  my  Redeemer's  name. 

Part  2 — fhort  metre. 

9  Behold  the  morning  fun 

Begins  his  glorious  way  ; 
His  beams  through  all  the  nations  run. 

And  life  and  light  convey. 

to  But  where  the  gofpel  comes 

It  fpreads  diviner  light. 
It  calls  dead  fmners  from  their  tombs, 

And  gives  the  blind  their  fight. 

xi  How  perfect  is  thy  word  ! 

And  all  thy  judgments  juft, 
For  ever  fure  thy  promife,  Lord, 

And  men  fecurely  truft. 


PSALM     XX.  '  33 

iz  My  gracious  God,  how  plain 

Are  thy  directions  giv'n  1 
Oh  may  I  never  read  in  vain, 

But  find  the  path  to  heaven  ! 

13  I  heard  thy  word  with  love, 
And  I  would  fain  obey  ! 

Send  thy  good  fpirit  from  above 
To  guide  me  left  I  ftray, 

14  Oh  who  can  ever  find 
The  errors  of  his  ways  ? 

Yet  with  a  bold  prefumptuous  mind 
I  would  not  dare  tranfgrefs^, 

1 5  Warn  me  of  every  fin, 
Forgive  my  fecret  faults, 

And  cleanfe  this  guilty  foul  of  mine, 
Whofe  crimes  exceed  my  thoughts,, 

j 6  While  with  my  heart  and  tongue 

I  fpread  thy  praife  abroad  ; 
Accept  the  worfhip  and  the  fong,  'j. 

My  Saviour  and  my  God. 


P/dlm  20 — jong  metre. 

1  "VTOW  may  the  God  of  pow'r  and  grace 
.iN    Attend  his  people's  humble  cry  I 

Jehovah  hears  when  Ifrel  prays, 

And  brings  deiiv'rance  from  on  high. 

2  The  name  of  Jacob's  God  defends, 
When  bucklers  fail  and  brazen  walls  ; 

He  from  his  fanctuary  fends 

Succour  and  ftrength  when  Zion  calls, 

3  Well  he  remembers  all  our  fighs, 
His  love  exceeds  our  beft  d&ierts  ; 

His  love  accepts  the  facrifice 

Of  humble  groans  and  broken  hearts. 


34  PSALM     XXI. 

4  In  hisfaivationis  our  hope, 
And  in  the  name  of  IfreVs  God, 

Our  troops  fhall  lift  their  banners  up, 
Our  navies  Cpread  their  flags  abroad.' 

$  Some  truft  in  horfes  trahVd  for  war, 
And  fome  of  chariots  make  their  boafts  ; 

Our  fureft  expectations  are 

From  thee,  the  Lord  of  heav'nly  holts. 

6  O  may  the  mem'ry  of  thy  name 
Infpire  our  armies  for  the  fight  ! 

Our  foes  fhall-  fall  and  die  with  fhame, 
Or  quit  the  field  with  coward  flight. 

7  Now  fave  us,  Lord,  from  flavifh  fear, 
Now  let  our  hopes  be  firm  and  ftrong, 

Till  thy  falvation  fhail  appear. 

And  joy  and  triumph  raife  the  long. 

Pfalm  2i — common  metre. 

i  TN  thee,  great  God,  with  fongs  of  praife, 

J.  Our  favor'd  realms  rejoice  ; 
And  bleft  with  thy  falvation,  raife 

To  Heav'n  their  cheerful  voice. 

2  Thy  fure  defence,  thro'  nations  round, 
Hath  fprsad  our  rifing  name  ; 

And  ail  our  feeble  efforts  crown 'd 
With  freedom  and  with  fame. 

3  In  deep  diftrefs  our  injur'd  land 
Implor'd  thy  power  to  fave  ; 

For  life  we  pray'd  ;  thy  bounteous  hand 
The  timely  ble fling  gave. 

4  Thy  mighty  arm,  eternal  Pow'r, 
Oppos'd  their  deadly  aim, 

In  mercy  fwept  them  from  our  more, 
And  fpread  their  fails  with  fhame* 


PSALM     XXI.     XXIL  35 

5  On  thee,  in  want,  in  woe  or  pain, 
Our  hearts  alone  rely  ; 

Our  rights  thy  mercy  will  maintain, 
And  all  our  wants  fupply. 

6  Thus,  Lord,  thy  wond'rous  pow'r  declare, 
And  ftili  exalt  thy  fame  : 

While  we  glad  fongs  of  praife  prepare, 
For  thine  almighty  name. 

Part  2—  long  metre. 

7  David  rejcic'd  in  God  his  ftrength, 
Rais'd  to  the  throne  by  fpecial  grace  j 

But  Ckriji  the  fon  appears  at  length, 
Fulfils  the  triumph  and  the  praife. 

8  Kow  great  the  blefc  MeJiaVs  joy 
In  the  falvation  of  thy  hand  I 

Lord,  thou  haft  rais'd  his  kingdom  high# 
And  giv'n  the  world  to  his  command. 

o 

9  Thy  goodnefs  grants  whate'er  he  will, 
Nor  doth  the  leaft  requeft  withhold':' 

BkiTmgs  of  love  prevent  him  ftiil, 
x\nd  crowns  of  glory  not  of  gold. . 

io  Honor  and  majefty  divine 

Around  his  facred'  temples  fhine  ; 

Bleft  v.'ith  the  favor  of  thy  face, 
And  length  cf  everlafting  days. 

1 1  Th/ne  hand  mail  find  out  all  his  foes  ; 

And  as  a  fiery  oven  glows 
With  raging  heat  and  living  coals, 

So  mail  thy  wrath  devour  their  fouls. 


P/alm  22 — peculiar  metre. 
TV  yTY  God  !  my  God  !  why  leav'ft  thou  me, 
1V1  When  I  in  anguifh  call  on  thee  1 
Why  doft  thou  me  neglect, 
And  mj  loud  prayer  reject  ? 


36  PSALM     XXII.  • 

All  day,  but  all  the  day  in  vain, 
To  thee,  O  Lord,  do  I  complain  ; 

All  night  lurve  I  implcr'd 

Thy  help  to  be  reftor'd. 

%  Yet  thou,  O  Lord,  art  ever  juft, 
Relieving  thofe  who  in  thee  trull  ; 

Therefore  fhall  Ifrael  raife 

To  thee  continual  praife  : 
On  thee  our  anceftors  rely'd, 
And  in  thy  ftrength  their  foes  defy'd  : 

To  thee  their  pray'rs  addre&'d, 

And  with  iuccefs  were  blefs'd. 

3  Thy  fure  deliv'rance,  Lord,  they  found, 
When  dangers  gather'd  thickeft  round  j 

Thine  ear  their  cries  receiv'd, 

And  they  were  foon  rcliev'd  ; 
But  I  like  none  of  human  birth, 
Am  mads  the  fcofnng  rabble's  mirth  7 

Ev'n  like  a  reptile  bafe, 

They  hold  me  in  dif^race. 


Pari  i — peculiar  metre. 

4  My  agonies  the  gazing  croud, 
Survey  with  fcorn  and  laughter  loud  j 

They  mock  w  nil  ft  I  complain, 

And  thus  my  woes  difdain  : 
"  He  boafted  he  was  Heav'n's  delight, 
"  Let  God  relieve  his  favorite  j 

'*  Let  him  ainftance  fend, 

"  His  fervant  to  defend." 

5  But  thou  did'iL  from  my  mother's  womb, 
JVIftke  me  a  living  offspring  corne  ; 

Thy  care  thou  did'ft  extend, 
And  I  ..^  ....  me  dei 


PSAL  M     XXII. 

My  youth  thou  didft  from  dangers  fhield, 
And  guardian-like  protection  yield  ; 

In  thee  I  will  confide, 

For  thou  art  ftill  my  guide. 

Withdraw  not  then,  O  God,  Moft  High  ! 
Thy  aid  when  trouble  is  fo  nigh  ; 

Do  thou  that  help  extend, 

On  which  I  ftill  depend. 
High  pamper'd  bulls,  a  frowning  throng. 
From  Bafans  foreil,  fierce  and  ftrong,  . 

Prepare  with  growing  rage, 

Againft  me  to  engage. 

They  gape  on  me,  and  to  my  fears, 
Each  mouth  a  yawning  grave  appears  ; 

Wide  open  to  devour 

My  foul,  when  in  their  pow'r  : 
The  defert  lion's  favage  roar, 
Could  not  ihcreafe  my  horrors  more. 

In  compaft  cloie  combin'd, 

They  have  my  fall  defign'd. 

Part  3 — peculiar  metre. 

My  joints  are  racked,  and  out  of  frame  ; 
My  heart  like  wax  before  the  flame, 

Within  my  bofom  glows  ; 

My  blood  like  w^ter  news  : 
I'.Iy  Strength  is  parch'd  like  potter's  clay, 
My  frultering  tongue  forgets  to  play  ; 

My  foul  all  hope  refigns, 

And  to  the  grave  inclines. 

Like  blood-hounds,  they  affemble  round, 
My  harmlefs  hands  and  feet  they  wound  ; 

And  through  my  conftant  pain, 

Ilanguifh  and  complain  ; 


32  P  S  A  L  M     XXII. 

That  all  my  bones  may  well  be  told  ; 
Yet  this  a  paftime  they  behold, 

And  ftill  their  pleaiure  (hew, 

At  each  encfeaie  of  woe. 

to  As  fpoil,  my  garments  they  divide  : 
By  lots  their  portions  they  decide  ; 

Therefore  thy  arm  extend, 

And  kind  protection  fend. 
From  their  fharp  fword  defend  thou  me, 
And  fet  my  life  from  danger  free  ; 

Nor  leave  my  foul  o'erpower'd, 

By  dogs  to  be  deVour'd. 

j-i  To  me,  O  God  !  affiftance  fend, 
My  life  from  lion's  fierce  defend  ; 

As  once  thy  ftrength  prevaii'd, 

When  unicorns  afiail'd, 
Then  to  my  brethren  I'll  proclaim, 
The  triumphs  of  thy  holy  name  ; 

And  to  the  faints  repair, 

Thy  glory  to  declare. 

tz  "  Praife  ye  the  Lord  in  fongs  divine, 
"  Ye  num'rous  race  of  Ifr'el's  line  ; 

"  To  him  with  fervor  pray, 

"  And  low  obeifance  pay  : 
"  His  people  he  hath  ne'er  difdain'd, 
"  Or  turn'd  his  face  when  they  complain'd 

"  But  to  their  humble  pray'r, 

"  Doth  lend  a  gracious  ear." 


Fart  4 — peculiar  metre. 

Thus  in  thy  courts,  thy  name  I'll  blefs, 
And  in  loud  fongs  my  thanks  exprefs ; 

And  to  thy  faints  declare, 

Thy  providential  care. 


PSAL  M     XXIII.  2-9 

The  meek  companions  of  my  grief, 
Shall  at  my  table  find  relief ; 

And  all  who  feek  thy  face, 

Shall  find  rcf refhing  grace. 

14  Then  mail  the  world  their  homage  pay. 
To  God,  and  his  commands  obey  ; 

His  pow'r  they  mall  conf^fs, 

And  pray'rs  to  him  addreis. 
From  kings  fubmimon  to  receive 
Is  his  fupreme  prerogative, 

Who  doth  the  world  fuftain  ; 

And  over  all  things  reign. 

15  The  rich  his  bounty  maft  confefs, 
The  poor  their  gen'rous  patron  blefs  ; 

To  hira  they  all  refort, 

For  fuccor  and  fupport  : 
Then  mail  a^  race  exalt  his  name, 
And  to  the'i^ieirs  his  truth  proclaim, 

Till  heav'n  and  earth  combin'd, 

Are  all  to  God  refign'd. 


Pfalm  33 — long  metre. 

x  nPHE  Lord  himfelf  doth  condefcend, 
J-      To  be  my  fnepherd  and  my  trie 
I  on  his  faithfulnefs  rely  ; 
His  care  'fhall  ail  my  wants  fupply. 

1  In  pafcures  green  he  doth  me  lead, 
And  there  in  fafety  makes  me  feed  : 
Refrelhing  fcreams  are  ever  nigh, 
My  thirfty  foul  to  fatisfy. 

3  When  ftray'd,  or  languid,  I  complain, 
His  grace  revives  my  foul  again  ; 
For  his  name's  fake  in  ways  upright, 
He  makes  me  Walk  with  great  delight. 


na 


4o  PSALM     XXIV. 

4  Yea,  when  death's  gloomy  vale  I  tread, 
With  joy  ev'n  there  I'll  bit  my  head  ; 
From  fear  and  dread  he'll  keep  me  free, 
His  rod  and  £aff  {hall  comfort  me. 

£  Thou  fpread'ft  a  table,  Lord,  for  me, 
While  foes  with  fpite  thy  goodnefs  fee  ; 
Thou  doft  my  head  with  oil  anoint, 
And  a  full  cup  for  me  appoint. 

6  Goodnefs  and  mercy  mall  to  me, 
Through  all  my  life  extended  bo  ; 
And  when  my  pilgrimage  is  o'er, 
I'll  dwell  with  thee  for  evermore. 


Pfahn  a 4 — long  metre. 

i  nPHIS  fpacious  earth  is  all  the  Lord's, 
I.      And  men  and  worms,  and  beaft  and 
He  rais'd  the  building  on  th    %as,  [birds  j 
And  gave  it  for  their  dwelling-place. 

z  But  there's  a  brighter  v/orld  on  high, 
Thy  palace,  Lord,  above  the  fky  ; 
Who  ihall  allien-!  that  bleft  abode, 
And  dwell  fo  near  his  Maker,  God  > 

3  He  that  abhors  and  fears  to  fin, 

Whcie  heart  is  pure,  whofe  hands  are  clean  ; 
Him  Ihall  the  Lord,  the  Saviour  liefs, 
And  clothe  his  ibul  with  righteoumeis. 

4  Thefe  are  the  msn,  the  pious  race, 
That  feek  the  God  of  Jccob' '/  face  ; 
Thefe  Ihall  enjoy  the  biifsful  fight 
Anidvveii  in  everlafting  light. 

5  Rejoice,  ye  ihining  worlds  on  high, 

Sing  of  glory  nigh; 
W  no  can  this  King  of  gioxy  be  ! 
The  mighty  Lord,  the  Saviour's  he 


P  S  A  L  M     XXV.  4i 

6  Ye  heav'nly  gates,  your  leaves  difplay, 
To  make  the  Lord,  the  Saviour  way  : 
Laden  with  fpoils  from  earth  and  hell, 
The  Conqu'ror  comes  with  God  to  dwell. 

7  Rais'd  from  the  dead  in  royal  ftate, 
He  opens  heav'ns  eternal  gate, 
To  give  his  faints  a  bieft  abode, 
Near  their  Redeemer  and  their  God. 


i  T  LIFT  my  foul  to  God, 
A     My  truft  is  in  his  name  : 

Let  not  my  foes  that  feek  my  blood 
Still  triumph  in  my  fhame. 

2  Sin  and  the  pow'rs  of  hell 
Perfuade  me  to  defpair  : 

Lord,  make  me  bnow  thy  cov'nant  well, 
That  I  may  'fcape  the  mare. 

3  From  gleams  of  dawning  light 
Till  ev'ning  fhades  arife, 

For  thy  faivation,  Lord,  I  wait, 
With  ever-longing  eyes. 

*  Remember  all  thy  grace, 

And  lead  me  in  thy  truth  : 
Forgive  the  iins  of  riper  days, 

And  follies  of  my  youth. 

5  The  Lord  is  juft  and  kind, 
The  meek  lhall  learn  his  ways, 

And  ev*ry  humble  iinner  find 
The  methods  of  his  grace. 

6  For  his  own  goodnefs  fake 

He  faves  my  foul  from  ihame  ; 
He  pardons  (tho'  my  guilt  be  great) 
Thro'my  Redeemer's  name. 


4*  PSALM     XXV. 

fart  2 — fliort  metre. 

7  Where  {hall  the  man  be  found, 
That  fears  t*  offend  his  God, 

That  loves  the  gofpel's  joyful  found. 
And  trembles  at  the  rod  ? 

S  The  Lord  ihall  make  him  know 
The  iecrets  of  his  heart, 
The  wonders  of  his  cov'nant  fhow, 
And  ail  his  love  impart. 

9  The  dealings  of  his  pow'r 
-     Are  truth  and  mercy  Hill, 
With  fuch  as  keep  his  cov'nant  fure, 
And  lcve  to  do  his  will. 

xo  Their  fouls  fnall  dwell  at  eafe 
Before  their  Maker's  face, 

Their  feed  ihall  tafte  the  promifcs 
In  their  exteniive  grace. 

Part  3 — fliort  metre. 

n  Mine  eyes  and  my  defire 

Are  ever  to  the  Lord  ; 
I  love  to  plead  his  promis'd  grace 

And  reft  upon  his  word. 

12  Turn,  turn  thee  to  my  foul, 
Bring  thy  falvation  near  ; 

When  will  thy  hand  affift  my  feet 
To  'fcape  the  deadly  fnare  ? 

13  When  ihall  the  fov'reign  grace 
Of  my  forgiving  God, 

Reflore  me  from  thofe  dang'rous  ways 
My  wand'ring  feet  have  trod  ? 

14  The  tumult  of  my  thoughts 
Doth  but  enlarge  my  woe  ; 


PSAL  M     XXVI..  4r3 


My  fpirit  languifties,  my  heart 
Is  defolate  and  low. 

i  S  With  ev'ry  morning  light 
My  forrow  new  begins  ; 

Look  on  my  anguifli  and  my  pain,. 
And  pardon  all  my  fins. 

1 5  Behold  the  hofts  of  hell, 
How  cruel  is  their  hate  ! 

Agamft  my  life  they  rife,  and  join, 
Their  fury  with  deceit. 

17  Oh  keep  my  foul  from  death, 
Nor  put  my  hope  to  mame, 

For  I  have  plac'd  my  only  truft 
In  my  Redeemer's  name. 

18  With  humble  faith  I  wait 
To  fee  thy  face  again  ; 

Of  Ifrel  it  fhall  ne'er  be  faid, 
He  fought  the  Lord  in  vain. 


Pfalm  26 — long  metre. 

1  "FUDGE  me,  O  Lord,  and  prove  my  ways, 
J    And  try  my  reins,  and  try  my  heart  j 

My  faith  upon  thy  promife  flays, 
Nor  from  thy  law  my  feet  depart. 

2  I  hate  to  walk,  I  hate  to  fit 
With  men  of  vanity  and  lies  ; 

The  fcoffer  and  the'  hypocrite 
Are  the  abhorrence  of  my  eyes. 

3  Amongft  thy  faints 'will  I  appear 
Array'd  in  robes  of  innocence  ; 

But  when  I  ftand  before  thy  bar, 
The  blood  of  Chrijt  is  my  defence. 

4  I  love  thy  habitation,  Lord, 

The  temple  where  thine  honors  dwell  ;. 


44  P  S  A  L  M     XXVII. 

There  fnall  I  hear  thy  holy  word, 
And  there  thy  works  of  wonder  tell. 

5  Let  not  my  foul  be  join'd  at  laft 
With  men  of  treachery  and  blood, 

Since  I  my  days  on  earth  have  path  - 
Among  the  faints  and  near  my  God. 


Pfulm  27 — long  metre. 

1  "VI  7H0M  mould  I  fear,  fince  God  to  me, 

VV     Is  laving  health  and  glorious  light  ; 
Ke  is  my  ftrength  againft  my  f->es, 
What  dangers  can  my  foul  affright  ? 

2  With  fierce  intent  my  flefh  to  tear, 
When  cruel  foes  befet  me  round, 

They  {tumbled  and  their  haughty  crefts, 
With  fudden  ruin  ft  ruck  the  ground, 

3  My  humble  heart  on  God  depends, 
And  dares  with  mighty  hofts  to  cope  ; 

Sin^e  he's  my  help,  in  doubtful  war, 
For  certain  conquer!  I  will  hope. 

4  Henceforth  to  dwell  within  his  houfe, 
My  heart's  defire  {hall  ever  be  ; 

To  know  his  will  I'll  there  re  fort, 
The  beauty  of  the  Lord  to  fee. 

5  For  there  alone  my  foul  fhall  find 
Sweet  reft,  in  times  of  deep  diilrefs, 

And  fafe  as  on  a  rock,  with  joy, 
Abide  in  that  fecure  recefs. 

6  Whilft  God,  by  his  almighty  pow'r, 
My  head  o'er  all  my  foes  fhall  raife, 

My  foul  thank-offerings  (hall  make, 
Ana  firig  before  him  fongs  of  praife. 


PSALM     XXVII.     XXVIII.         45 

Part  n — common  metre. 

7  Soon  as  I  heard  my  Father  fay, 
"  Te  children,  feek  my  grace" 

My  heart  reply'd  without  delay, 
"  Vllfeek  my  Father's  face." 

8  Let  not  thy  face  be  hid  from  me, 
Nor  frown  my  foul  away  ; 

God  of  my  life,  I  fly  to  thee 
In  a  diftrefling  day. 

9  Should  friends  and  kindred  near  and  dear,, 
Leave  me  to  want  or  die, 

My  God  will  make  my  life  his  care, 
And  all  my  need  fupply. 

io  My  fainting  flefh  had  dy'd  with  grief, 

Had  not  my  foul  believ'd, 
To  fee  thy  grace  provide  relief, 

Nor  was  my  hope  deceiv'd. 

1 1  Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye  trembling  faints, 

And  keep  your  courage  up  ; 
He'll  raife  your  fpirit  when  it  faints, 

And  far  exceed  your  hope. 


Tfalm  %% — long  metre. 

i   HP  O'' thee,  O  Lord,  I  raife  my  cries  ; 
JL    My  fervent  pray'r  in  mercy  hear  ; 
For  ruin  waits  my  trembling  foul, 
If  thou  refufe  a  gracious  ear. 

i  When  fuppliant  tow'rd  thy  holy  hill, 
I  lift  my  mournful  hands  to  pray, 

Afford  thy  grace,  nor  drive  me  ftill, 
With  impious  hypocrites  away. 

3  To  fons  of  falfehood,  that  defpife 
The  works  and  wonders  of  thv  rei?n, 

Cj 


46  P  S  A  L  M     XXIX. 

Thy  vengeance  gives  the  due  reward, 
And  finks  their  fouls  to  endlefs  pain. 

4  But,  ever  blelfed  be  the  Lord, 
Whofe  mercy  hears  my  mournful  voice, 

My  heart  that  trufted  in  his  word, 
In  his  falvation  fhall  rejoice. 

5  Let  ev'ry  faint,  in  fore  diftrefs, 

By  faith  approach  his  Saviour,  God  ; 
Then  gran?,  O  Lord,  thy  pard'ning  grace, 
And  feed  thy  church  with  heav'nly  food. 

Pfalm  29 — long  metre. 

1  "V7"E  princes  that  in  miglat  excel, 

A     Your  grateful  facrifice  prepare  : 
God's  glorious  actions  loudly  tell, 
His  wond'rous  pow'r  to  all  declare. 

a  X°  his  great  name  frefh  altars  raife  ; 

Devoutly  due  reipect  afford  ; 
Him  in  his  holy  temple  praife, 

Where  he's  with  folemn  flate  ador'd. 

3  Tis  he  that  with  amazing  noife 
The  wat'ry  clouds  in  funder  breaks : 

The  ocean  trembles  at  his  voice, 

When  he  from  heav'n  in  thunder  fpeaks. 

4  How  full  of  pow'r  his  voice  appears  ! 
With  what  majeftic  terror  crown'd  I 

Which  from  the  roots  tail  cedars  tears, 
And  ftrews  their  icatter'd  branches  round 

5  They,  and  the  hills  on  which  they  grow, 
Are  fometimes  hurry'd  far  away  ; 

And  leap  like  binds  that  bounding  go, 
Or  unicorns  in  youthful  play. 

6  When  God  in  thunder  loudly  fpeakr, 
And  fcatter'd  flames  of  lightning  fends, 


PSALM    XXX.  47 

The  foreft  nods  the  defert  quakes, 
And  ftubborn  Kadeih  lowly  bends. 

7  He  makes  the  hinds  to  caft  their  young, 
And  lays  the  be  all's  dark  coverts  bare  ; 

While  thole  that  to  his  courts  belong, 
Securely  fmg  his  praifes  there. 

8  The  Lord  fits  fov'reign  on  the  flood, 
The  thund'rer  reigns  for  ever  king  ; 

But  makes  his  church  his  bleil  abode,  * 
Where  we  his  awful  glories  ling. 

9  In  gentler  language,  there,  the  Lord 

The  counfel  of  his  grace  imparts  j 
Amidft  the  raging  ftorm,  his  word 

Speaks  peace,  and  courage  to  our  hearts. 

Pfalm  30 — long  metre. 

1   T  WILL  extol  thee,  Lord,  on  high, 
-I  At  thy  command  difeafes  fly  : 
Who  but  a  God  can  fpeak  and  fave 
From  the  dark  borders  of  the  grave  ? 

3  Sing  to  the  Lord,  ye  faints,  and  prove, 
How  large  his  grace,  how  kind  his  love, 
Let  all  your  pow'rs  rejoice,  and  trace 
The  wond'rous  records  of  his  grace. 

3  His  anger  but  a  moment  flays  ; 
His  love  is  life  and  length  of  days  ; 
Tho'  grief  and  tears  the  night  employ, 
The  morning  ftar  reftores  the  joy. 

Part  2 — long  metre. 

4  Firm  was  my  health,  my  day  was  bright, 
And  I  prefum'd  'twould  ne'er  be  night  ; 
Fondly  I  faid  within  my  heart, 

"  Pleasure  and  $<?acp Jhall  ne'er  depart," 


4s  r  s  a  l  m   xxxr. 

5  But  I  forgot  thine  arm  was  ftrong, 
Which  made  my  mountain  ftand  ib  long  ; 
Soon  as  thy  face  began  to  hide, 

My  health  was  gone,  my  comforts  dy'd. 

6  I  cry'd  aloud  to  thee  my  God  : 

"  What  can'ft  thou  profit  by  my  biood  ? 

"  Deep  in  the  duft  can  I  declare 

"  Thy  truth,  or  fnig  thy  goodnefs  there  ? 

7  "  Hear  me,  O  God  of  grace,  I  faid, 

"  And  bring  me  from  among  the  dead  ;" 
Thy  word  rebuk'd  the  pains  I  felt, 
Thy  pard'ning  love  remov'd  my  guilt, 

8  My  groans,  and  tears,  and  forms  of  woe, 
Are  turn'd  to  joy  and  praifes  now  ; 

I  throw  my  fackcloth  on  the  ground, 
And  eai'e  and  gla&neib  gird  me  round, 

9  My  tongue,  the  glory  of  my  frame, 
Shall  ne'er  be  filent  of  thy  name  ; 

Thy  praife  fhall  found  th  ..'  earth  and  heav'n, 
For  neknefs  heal'd,  and  fins  forffiv'n. 


Pfaim  31 — particular  metre. 

FROM  fhame  and  infult  Get  me  free, 
Forftjll,  O  Lord,  I  truft  in  thee  ; 

Once  more  th  7  kind  affiflance  lend, 
Once  more  thy  fervant's  caufe  defend  : 
As  juft  and  righteous  is  thy  name, 
So  let  me  now  thy  favor  claim. 

Bow  down,  O  Lord,  thy  gracious  ear, 
Do  thou  my  ftedfaft  rock  appear  ; 
Tome  forne  fpeedy  fuccor  fend, 
"My  foul  from  danger  to  defend  ; 
Hear  thou  my  voice  when  I  complain, 
/vnj  {till  my  righteous  caufe  maintain. 


PSAL  M     XXXI.  49 

3  Sines  thou'rt  my  rock,  and  foes  opprefs, 
Oh  lead  me  out  cf  this  diftrefs  ! 

Thy  wonted  help,  my  God,  impart, 
For  thou  my  ilrength  and  fortrefs  art  : 
To  thee  alone  I  look,  for  aid, 
To  fhun  the  mares  my  foes  have  laid. 

4  Thou  God  of  mercy,  love  and  truth  ! 
Who  hail  preferv'd  me,  from  my  youth  : 
My  life,  my  foul,  and  al^hat's  mine, 
To  thee  I  willingly  reJigiS^ 

To  thee  my  foul  for  fuccor  flies, 
For  thoie  1  hate  who  trail  in  lies. 


Fart  2 — ••common  metre. 

5  To  thee,  O  God  cf  truth  and  love, 

My  fpirit  I  commit  : 
Thou  haft  redeem'd  my  fcui  from  death. 

And  fav'd  rne  from  the  pit. 

£  Defpair  and  comfort,  hope  and  fear, 
Maintain'd  a  doubtful  ftrife  ; 

While  forrow,  pain  and  fin  ccnipir'd 
To  take  away  my  life. 

7  "  My  time  is  in  thy  hand,  I  cry'd, 
Though  I  draw  mar  the  duji  ;;> 

Thou  art  the  refuge  where  I  hide, 
The  God  in  whom  I  truft. 

8  Oh  make  thy  reconciled  face, 
Upon  thy  fervent  fhine. 

And  fave  me  for  thy  mercy's  fake, 
For  I'm  entirely  thine. 

5>  'Twas  in  my  hafte,  my  fpirit  faid, 

"   2"  mitfl  defpair  and  die, 
"  Ia;7z  cut  eff  before  thine  eyes  ;" 

I  at  thou  haft  heard  my  cry, 


5*  PSALM     XXXI. 

10  Thy  goodnefs  how  divinely  free, 
How  fweet  thy  fmiling  face, 

To  thole  that  fear  thy  majefty, 
And  truft  thy  promis'd  grace. 

1 1  Oh  love  the  Lord,  all  ye  his  faints, 
And  ling  his  praifes  loud  : 

He'll  bend  his  ear  to  your  complaints, 
And  recompence  the  proud, 

Part  3 — common  metre. 

22  My  heart  rejoices  in  thy  name, 

My  God  my  heav'nly  truft, 
Thou  haft  preferv'd  my  face  from  fname, 

Mine  honor  from  the  duft. 

$3  "  My  life  is  fpent  with  grief,  I  cry'd, 
"  My  years  confum'd  in  groans, 

"  My  ftrength  decays,  mine  eyes  are  dry'd, 
"  And  iorrow  waites  my  bones,3' 

14  Among  mine  enemies  my  name 

A  proverb  vile,  was  grown, 
While  to  my  neighbors  I  became 

Forgotten  and  unknown. 

25  Slander  and  fear  on  ev'ry  fide, 

Seiz'd  and  beiet  me  round, 
I  to  thy  throne  c:  grace  apply'd. 

And  fpeedy  reicue  found. 

16  How  great  deiiv'rance  thou  haft  wrought 
Before  the  fons  of  men  1 

The  lying  lips  to  fiience  brought, 
And  made  their  boafticg  vain  ! 

17  Thy  children  from  the  ftrife  of  tongues 
Shall  thy  pavilion  hide, 

Guard  them  from  infamy  and  wrongs, 
And  cruih  the  fons  of  pride. 


PSALM     XXXI.     XXXIL  51 

xS  Within  thy  fecret  prefence,  Lord, 

Let  me  forever  dwell  ; 
No  fenced  city,  wall'd  and  bar'd, 

Secures  a  faint  fo  well. 


Part  4 — fhort  metre. 

19  O  '.  all  ye  faints,  the  Lord 
With  eager  love  purfue  ; 

Who  to  the  juft  will  help  afford, 
And  give  the  proud  their  due. 

20  Ye  that  on  God  rely, 
Courageously  proceed  ; 

For  he  will  Drill  your  hearts  fupply 
With  ftrength  in  time  of  need. 


Pfalm  32 — long  metre. 

1  "OLE3T  is  the  man,  for  ever  bleil, 
-D   Whofe  guilt  is  pardon'd  by  his  God, 
Whofc  fins  with  forrow  are  confefs'd, 
And  cover'd  with  his  Saviour's  blood. 

2  Before  his  judgment  feat  the  Lord 
No  mere  permits  his  crimes  to  rife  ; 
Ke  pleads  no  merit  of  reward, 

And  not  on  works  but  grace  relies 

3  From  guile  his  heart  and  lips  are  free, 
His  humble  joy,  his  holy  fear, 

With  deep  repentance  well  agree, 
And  join  to  prove  his  faith  hncerec 

4  How  glorious  is  that  righteoufnefs 
That/hides  in<t  cancels  ah  hi?  Q  as  ! 
"While  a  bright  evidence  of  grace 

Through  all"  his  life  appears  and  fhines.. 


5*         PSALM     XXXII.     XXXIII 

pari  2 — long  metre. 

5  While  I  keep  filence  and  conceal 
My  heavy  guilt  within  my  heart,, 
What  torments  doth  my  conscience  feel ! 
What  agonies  of  inward  fmart  ! 

6  I  fpread  my  fins  before  the  Lord, 
And  all  my  fecret  faults  confefs ; 
Thy  gofpel  fpeaks  a  pard'ning  word, 
Thine  holy  fpirit  feals  the  grace. 

7  For  this  fliall  every  humble  foul 
Make  fwift  addrefles  to  thy  feat  ; 
When  floods  of  huge  temptations  roll, 
There  fhall  they  find  a  bleit  retreat. 

S  How  fafe  beneath  thv  wings  I  lie, 

When  days  grow  dark,  and  ftorms  appear  ; 
And  when  I  walk  thy  watchful  eye 
Shall  guide  me  fafe  from  ev'ry  fnare. 


Pfalm  2,3 — common  metre. 

i  T}  EJOICE,  ye  righteous,  in  the  Lord. 

JlV     This  work  belongs  to  you  ; 
Sing  of  his  name,  his  ways,  his  word, 

How  hoiy,  juft  and  true  ? 

2  His  mercy  and  his  righteoufnefs 
Let  heav'n  and  earth  proclaim 

.vorks  of  nature  and  of  grace 
Reveal  his  wond'rous  name. 

3  His  word  with  energy  divine, 
Thofe  heav'nly  arches  fpread, 

Bade  ftarry  hofts  around  them  mine, 
And  light  the  heav'ns  pervade, 

4  He  taught  the  (Welling  waves  to  flow 
To  their  appointed  dzzp  ; 


PSAL  M     XXXIII. 

Bade  raging  feas  their  limits  know, 
And  ftill  their  ftation  keep. 

5  Ye  tenants  of  the  fpacious  earth. 
With  fear  before  him  ftand  ; 

JHe  fpake,  and  nature  took  its  birth, 
And  reds  on  his  command. 

6  Hq  fcorns  the  angry  nation's  rage, 
And  breaks  their  vain  deiigns  ; 

His  counfel  ftands  through  ev'ry  age, 
And  in  full  glory  mines, 

Fart  2 — common  metre. 

7  Bleft  is  the  nation,  where  the  Lord 
Hath  fix'd  his  gracious  throne  ; 

Where  he  reveals  his  heav'nly  word, 
And  calls  their  tribes  his  own. 

8  His  eye  with  infinite  furvey, 
Does  the  whole  world  behold  : 

He  form'd  us  all  of  equal  clay, 
And  kno^vs  our  feeble  mould. 

9  Kings  are  not  refcu'd  by  the  force 
Of  armies  from  the  grave  ; 

Nor  fpeed  nor  courage  of  an  horfe 
Can  his  bold  rider  fave. 

jo  Vain  is  the  ftrength  of  beafts  or  men, 
Nor  fprings  our  fafety  thence  ; 

But  holy  fouls  from  God'  obtain 
A  ftrong  and  fure  defence. 

1 1  God  is  their  fear,  and  God  their  truft 
When  plagues  or  famine  fpread, 

His  watchful  eye  fecures  the  juffc, 
Among  ten  thoufand  dead. 

12  Lord,  let  our  hearts  in  thee  rejoice, 
And  blefs  us  from  thy  throne  ; 


54         PSALM     XXXIII.    XXXIV, 

For  we  have  made  thy  wo  rd  out  choice  ; 
And  trull  thy  grace  alone. 


Fart  3 — long  metre. 

13  Whate'er  the  mighty  Lord  decrees, 
Shall  doubtlefs  Hand  forever  fure  ; 
The  fettled  purpofe  of  his  heart, 
To  endl'efs  ages  mall  endure. 

14  How  happy  then,  are  they,  to  whom 
The  Lord  iupreme,  for  God  is  known  ; 
Whom  he,  from  all  the  world  befides, 
Has  chofen  out  to  be  his  own  I 

55  He,  all  the  nations  of  the  earth, 
From  heav'n  his  lofty  throne  furveys  ; 
He  views  their  works,  and  knows  their  tho'ts 
For  by  his  pow'r  their  hearts  were  made, 

i-5  The  riches  of  thy  mercy,  Lord, 
To  us  thy  fervants  Hill  extend  1 
As  we,  for  all  our  various  wants, 
On  thee,  cur  God,  alone  depend. 


Pfalm  34 — common  metre. 

1  rTPKRO'  all  the  changing  fcenes  of  life, 

JL       In  trouble,  and  in  joy, 
The  praifes  of  my  God  {hall  ftill 
My  heart  and  tongue  employ. 

_?,  Of  his  deliv'rance  I  will  boaft, 

Till  ail  that  are  diftreft 
From  my  example  comfort  take, 

And  calm  their  griefs  to  reft. 

3  O  !  magnify  the  Lord  with  me, 

With  me  exalt  his  name  : 
When  in  diftrefs  to  him  I  call'd, 

He  to  my  refcue  came. 


P  S  A  L  M     XXXIV.  55 

4  Their  drooping  hearts  were  foon  refrefli'd 
Who  look'd  to  him  for  aid  : 

Defir'd  fuccefs  in  ev'ry  face 
A  cheerful  air  difplay'd  : 

5  "  Behold,  (fay  they)  behold  the  man, 
"  Whom  Providence  reliev'd  ; 

"  So  dang'roufly  with  woes  befet, 
"  So  vvond'roufly  retriev'd  1" 

6  The  holls.of  God  encamp  around 
The  dwellings  of  the  juft  j 

Deliv'rance  he  affords  to  ail 
Who  on  his  fuccor  truft. 

7  O  I  make  but  trial  of  his  love  ; 
Experience  will  decide 

How  blefs'd  they  are,  and  only  they, 
Who  in  his  truth  confide. 

8  Fear  him,  ye  faints  ;  and  you  will  then 
Have  nothing  elfe  to  fear  : 

Make  you  his  iervice  your  delight  ; 
He'll  make  your  wants  his  care. 

9  "While  hungry  lions  lack  their  prey, 
The  Lord  will  food  provide 

For  fuch  as  put  their  truft  in  him. 
And  fee  their  needs  fupply'd. 

Part  % — common  metre  * 

io  Approach,  ye  pioufly  difpos'd, 

And  my  inftrudtion  hear  ; 
I'll  teach  you  the  true  difcipline 

Of  his  religious  fear. 

1 1  Let  him  who  length  of  life  defires, 

And  profp'rous  days  would  fee, 
From  fland'ring  language  keep  his  tongue 

His  lips  from  falfehood  free. 


<6  F  S  A  L  M    XXXV. 

1 2  The  crooked  path 3  of  vice  decline, 
Religion's  ways  purine  ; 

JLftaWifh  peace  where  'tis  begun  ; 
And  where  'tis  loft  renew. 

13  The  Lord  from  he'av'n  beholds  the  jail 
With  favorable  eyes  ; 

And,  when  diftreis'd  his  gracious  ear 
Is  open  to  their  cries. 

14  But  turns  his  wrathful  look,  on  thcfe 
Whom  mercy  can't  reclaim, 

To  cut  them  off,  and  from  the  earth 
Blot  out  their  hated  name. 

15  DelrVfance  to  his  faints  he  gives, 
When  his  relief  they  crave  : 

He's  nigh  to  heal  the  broken  heart, 
And  contrite  ipirit  lave. 

z6  The  wicked  oft,  but  ftill  in  vain, 

Againil  the  juft  compire  ; 
For,  under  their  affliction's  weight, 

He  keeps  their  bones  entire. 

17  The  wicked  from  their  wicked  arts, 
Their  ruin  fnail  derive  ; 

Whilft  righteous  men,  whom  they  deteft, 
Shall  them  and  theirs  iurvive. 

18  For  God  preferves  the  fouls  of  thofe 
Who  on  his  truth  depend  : 

To  them  and  their  pofterity, 
His  biefling  fhall  defcend. 

Tfalm  35 — common  metre. 

*     A  GAINST  all  thofe  that  ftrive  with  nc, 

.TV*:    O  Lord,  affert  my  right ; 
with  li?ch  as  war  unjuflly  wage, 

Ee  thcurr.v  battles  figfct. 


PSALM     XXXV.  | 

*  Thy  buckler  take,  and  bind  thy  fcisM 

Upon  thy  warlike  arm  : 
Stand  up,  rny  God,  in  my  defends, 

And  keep  me  fafe  from  haria. 

3  Bring  forth  thy  fipear,  and  flop  their  corafe, 

That  hafte  my  blood  to  fpill : 

Say  to  my  foul,"  I  am  thy  health, 

And  will  preierve  thee  fliiL" 

4  Let  them  with  fhame  be  cever'd  o'er. 
Who  my  deft  ruction  fought  ; 

And  inch  as  did  my  harm  devife 
Ee  to  confuf-on  brought, 

5  Then  fhall  they  fiy,  difpers'd  like  chaff 
Sefore  the  driving  wind  ; 

God's  vengeful  minifters  of  wrath 
Shall  follow  clcie  behind, 

6  And  when,  through  dark  and  flipp'ry  ways, 
They  ftrive  his  rage  to  ihun, 

His  vengeful  minifters  of  wrath 
Shall  goad  them  as  they  run. 

7  Since  unprovok'd  by  any  wrong, 
They  hid  their  treacherous  fnare  ; 

And  for  my  harmlefs  foul  a  p^t 
Did  without icauXe  prepare, 

8  Surpriu'd  by  mifchiefs  iraforef^eu, 

By  their  own  hearts  betray'd, 
Their  feet  (hail  fail  into  the  net 
Which  they  for  me  have  laid. 

p  Whilft  my  glad  foul  fhall  Goi'i  great  name 

For  this  deliv'rance  blefs ; 
And,  by  his  laving  health  iecu.r'd, 

Its  grateful  joy  exprefs. 


58  PSALM     XXXV. 

10  My  very  bones  fhall  fay,"  O  Lord, 
"  Who  can  compare  with  thee  ? 

"  Who  fett'ft  the  poor  and  helplefs  man 
"  From  itrong  opprefibrs  free." 


Part  2 — common  metre. 

ii  Falfe  witneffes,  with  forg'd  complaints, 

Againft  my  truth  combin'd  ; 
And  to  my  charge  fach  things  they  laid, 

As  I  had  ne'er  defign'd. 

12  The  good  which  I  to  them  had  done, 
With  evil  they  repaid  ; 

And  did  by  malice  undeierv'd, 
My  harmlefs  life  invade. 

13  But  as  for  me,  when  they  were  lick, 
I  ftiil  in  fackcloth  mourn'd  ; 

I  pray'd  and  faded,  and  my  pray'r 
To  my  own  breaft  return'd. 

14  Had  they  my  friends  or  brethren  been, 
I  could  have  done  no  more  ; 

Nor  with  more  decent  figns  of  grief 
A  mother's  lofs  deplore. 

t  5  How  din  'rent  did  their  carriage  prove 

In  times  of  my  diftrefs  ! 
When  they  in  crowds,  together  met, 

Bidfavage  joy  exprels  1 

iG  The  rabble  too,  in  num'rous  throngs, 

By  their  example,  came  ; 
And  ceas'd  not  with  reviling  words 

To  wound  my  fpotiefs  fame  : 

17  Scoffers,  that  noble  tables  haunt, 

And  earn  their  bread  with  lies, 
Did  gnafh  their  teeth,  and  Hand'nng  Jefts, 
'     Malicioufly  devife. 


PSALM     XXXV.  $9 


& 
On  my  behalf  appear  ; 
And  fave  my  guiltlefs  foul,  which  they, 
Like  rav'ning  beafb,  would  tear. 

Part  3 — common  metre. 

19  So  I,  before  the  lift'ning  world, 
Shall  grateful  thanks  exprefs  ; 

And,  where  the  great  affembly  meets, 
Thy  name  with  praifes  blefs. 

20  Lord,  fuffer  not  my  caufelefs  foes 
Who  me  unjuftly  hate, 

With  open  joy,  or  fecret  figns, 
To  mock  my  fad  eilate. 

ai  For  they,  with  hearts  aveffe  from  peace, 

Induftriouily  devife, 
Againft  the  men  of  quiet  minds  • 

To  forge  malicious  lies. 

22  Nor  with  thefe  private  arts  content, 
Aloud  they  vent  their  fpite  ; 

And  fay  ;  "  At  laft  we've  found  him  out, 
He  did  it  in  our  fight." 

23  But  thou,  who  doft  both  them  and  me 
With  righteous  eyes  furvey, 

Affert  my  innocence,  O  Lord, 
And  keep  not  far  away. 

24  Stir  up  thyfelf  in  my  behalf, 
To  judgment,  Lord,  awake  : 

Thy  righteous  fervant's  caufe,  O  God. 
To  thy  deciiion  take. 

25  Lord,  as  my  heart  has  upright  been. 
Let  me  thy  juftice  find  ; 

Nor  let  my  cruel  foes  obtain 
,    The  triumph  they  defign'd. 


io  PSALM     XXXVI. 

*6  0  !  let  them  net  among  themfWyes, 

In  boafting  language,  lay, 
*'  At  length  our  vviihes  are  complete  ; 
'•  At  iaft  he's  made  our  prey." 

%y  Let  fuch  as  in  my  harm  rejoie'd, 

For  mame  their  races  hide  ; 
And  foul  dimonor  wait  on  ihofe. 

That  proudly  me  defy'd  : 

a8  Whilft  they  with  cheerful  voices  fhout, 
Who  my  juft  caufe  befriend  ; 

And  bkfs  the  Lord,  who  loves  to  make 
Succefs  his  faints  attend. 

29  So  (hall  my  tongue  thy  judgments  fing, 

Inlpir'd  with  grateful  joy  ; 
And  cheerful  hymns  in  praiie  of  thee, 

Shall  all  my  days  employ. 

F/alm  3 6 — fhort  metre. 

1  "^T7HEN  man  grows  bold  in  fin, 

VV     My  heart  within  me  crie:  ; 
"  He  hath  no  faith  of  God  within, 
"  Nor  fear  befors  his  cyzs,'' 

2  He  walks  a  while  conceal'd 
In  a  ielf-P.att'rinj  dream, 

TJ~  his  dark  crimes  at  efface  reveaFd, 
tCxpofe  his  hateful  na 

3  His  heart  is  falfe  and  foul, 

His  words  are  nnooth  and  fair  . 
Wifdom  is  banifii*d  from  his  f'cui, 
And  leaves  no  goodnefs  mere. 

4  Ke  plots  upon  his  bed 
New  mifchiefs  to  fulfil  ; 

-  " .        I  hand,  vidhe&d 

Fopra  tic    ill 


PSALM     XXXVI.  fix 

5  But  there's  a  dreadful  God, 
Tho'  men  renounce  his  fear  ; 

His  juftice,  hid  behind  the  cloud, 
Shall  one  great  day  appear. 

6  His  truth  tranfcends  the  fky, 
In  heav'n  his  mercies  dwell ; 

Deep  as  the  fea  his' judgments  lie, 
His  anger  burns  to  hell. 

7  How  excellent  his  love> 
Whence  all  our  fafety  fprings  ! 

Oh  never  let  my  foul  remove 
From  underneath  his  wings. 

Part  2 — long  metre. 

5   O  !  Lord,  thy  mercy,  my  fure  hope, 
The  higheft  orb  of  heav'n  tranfcends  ; 
Thy  facred  truth's  unmeafur'd  fcope 
Beyond  the  fpreading  fky  extends. 

9  Thv  juftice  like  the  hills  remains 
Unfathom'd  depths  thy  judgments  are  ; 
Thy  providence  the  world  fuftains  ; 
The  whole  creation  is  thy  care. 

io  Since  of  thy  goodnefs  all  partake  ; 
With  what  afiurance  ihould  thejuft 
Thy  ihelt'ring  wings  their  refuge  make? 
And  fainta  to  thy  protection  trait. 

1 1   Such  guefts  (hall  to  thy  courts  be  led, 
To  banquet  on  thy  loves  repaft ; 
And  drink,  as  from  a  fountain  head, 
Of  joys  that  ihall  forever  laft. 

i.2  With  thee  the  fprings  of  life  remain  } 
Thy  prefence  is  eternal  day  : 
O  !  let  thy  grace  thy  faints  faftain  ; 
To  upright  hearts  thy  truth-  difpiay. 

D 


6*  psalm   xxx vn. 

PJ'alm  27 — common  metre. 

x  TTTHY  ihould  I  vex  my  foul,  and  fret 

VV       To  fee  the  wicked  rife  ? 
Or  envy  finners  waxing  great, 
By  violence  and  lies  ! 

%  As  flow'ry  grafs  cut  down  at  noon, 

Befoie  the  ev'ning  fades, 
So  fhali  their  glories  vanifh  foon, 

In  everlafting  (hades. 

3  Then  let  rne  make  the  Lord  my  truft, 
And  practife  all  that's  good  ; 

So  ihaii  I  dwell  among  the  juft, 
And  he  provide  me  food. 

4  I  to  my  God  my  ways  commit, 
And  cheerful  wait  his  will  ; 

Thy  hand,  which  guides  my  doubtful  feet, 
Shall  my  delires  fulfil. 

5  Mine  innocence  {halt  thou  difplay, 
And  make  thy  judgments  known, 

Fair  as  the  light  of  dawning  day, 
And  glorious  as  the  moor.. 

5  The  meek  at  laft  the  earth  pofTefs, 

And  are  the  heirs  of  heav'n  ; 
True  riches,  with  abundant  peace, 

To  humble  fouls  are  giv'n. 

7  Reft  in  the  Lord,  and  keep  his  way, 

Nor  let  your  anger  rife, 
Though  Providence  mould  long  delay, 

To  pur.ifh  haughty  vice. 

3  Let  finners  join  to  break  your  peace, 

dplot,  and  rage,  and  foam  ; 
The  Lord  derides  them,  for  he  fees 
Jbair  day  of  veng'ance  come, 


P  S  A  L  M     XXXVII.  «3 

5  They  nave  drawn  oat  the  threat'ning  fworcl, 

Have  bent  the  murd'rous  bow, 
To  Hay  the  men  that  fear  the  Lord 

And  bring  the  righteous  low. 

ro  My  God  lhall  break  their  bows,  and  bum 

Their  perfecuting  darts, 
Shali  their  ownjfwords  againft.  them  turn. 

And  pierce  their  ftubborn  hearts. 


Part  2- 

:  i  While  finful  crowds,  with  falfe  defign, 
Againft  the  righteous  few  combine, 

And  gnafh  their  teeth,  and  threatning  fca 
God  fhai-1  their  empty  plots  deride. 
And  laugh  at  their  defeated  pride  ; 

He  fees  their  rain  near  at  hand. 

1 2  They  draw  the  fword.^and  bend  the  bow. 
The  poor  and  needy  to  o'erthrow, 

And  men  of  upright  lives  to  flay  : 
But  their  ltrong  bow  fhall  foon  be  broke  ; 
Their  fharpen'd  weapon's  mortal  fiiroke 
Thro'  their  own  hearts  lhall  force  its  wa; 

$3  A  little,  with  God's  favor  blefs'd. 
That's  by  one  righteous  man  pbffefs'd, 

The  wealth  of  many  bad  excels  : 
For  God  fupports  the  juft  man's  caufe  ; 
But  as  for  thoie  that  break  his  laws, 

Thsir  unfuccefsful  pow'r  he  quelLs. 

*4  His  conftant  care  the  upright  guides, 
And  over  all  their  life  prefides  ; 

Their  portion  fhall  forever  laft  ; 
They,  when  diftrefs  o'erwhelms  the  earth, 
Shali  be  unmov'd,  and  ev'n  in  dearth 

The  happy  fruits  of  plenty  tafte. 


64  PSALM     XXXVIL 

15  Not  fo  the  wicked  men,  and  thofe 
Who  proudly  dare  God's  will  oppofe  ; 

Deftrnction  is  their  haplefs  {hare  : 
Like  fat  of  lambs,  their  hopes  and  they 
Shall  in  an  inltant  melt  away, 

And  vanifh  into  fmoke  and  air. 


Part  3 — particular  metre. 

x6  Whilft  finners,  brought  to  fad  decay, 
Still  borrow  on,  and  never  pay, 

The  juft  have  will  and  pow'r  to  give  : 
For  fuch  as  God  vouchfafes  to  blefs, 
Shall  peaceably  the  earth  poffefs, 

And  thofe  he  curfes  mall  not  live. 

17  The  good  man's  way  is  Gcd's  delight, 
He  orders  all  the  fteps  aright, 

Of  him  that  moves  by  his  command  : 
Though  he  fometimes  may  be  diftrefs'd, 
Yet  mall  he  ne'er  be  quite  oppjefs'd, 

For  God  upholds  him  with  his  hand. 

18  From  my  firft  youth  till  age  prevail'd, 
I  never  law  the  righteous  fail'd, 

Or  want  o'ertake  his  num'rous  race  ; 
Becaufe  compaffion  fill'd  his  heart. 
And  he  did  cheerfully  impart, 

God  made  his  offspring's  wealth  increafe, 

19  With  caution  fhun  each  wicked  deed, 
In  virtue's  ways  with  zeal  proceed, 

And  lb  prolong  your  happy  days  : 
For  God,  who  judgment  lcves,  does  flill 
Preferve  his  faints  fecure  from  iil  I 

While  foon  the  wicked  race  decays.  " 

20  The  upright  fhall  poffefs  the  land  ; 
His  portion  (hall  for  ages  fland  ; 


?SAL  M     XXXVII.  «s, 

His  mouth  with  wifdom  is  fupply'd, 
His  tongue  by  rules  of  judgment  moves  ^ 
His  heart  the  law  of  God  approves  ; 
Therefore  his  footfteps  never  Hide. 

Part  4 — long  metre. 

21  In  wait,  the  watchful  (inner  lies. 
In  hopes  thz:  righteous  to  furprife  ; 
But  all  his  fchemes  rnuft  prove  in  vain, 
For  he  {hall  not  his  purpofe  gain  ; 

52  God  will  not  him  defencelefs  leave, 
But  when  he's  judged  will  reprieve  ; 
His  faults  in  mercy  he  will  fee, 
And  from  deftru&ion  fet  him  free. 

33   Still  on  the  Lord  with  hope  rely, 
And  he  mall  all  thy  wants  fupply  ; 
Wait  thou  on  him,  keep  his  command, 
And  be  exalted  in  the  land. 

24  A  large  poffefiion  thou  fhalt  gain, 
And  from  thy  foes  iecure  remain  : 
While  wicked  men  deilroy'd  (hall  be, 
And  thou  their  difmal  fall  fhalt  fee. 

»5  The  wicked  I  in  pow'r  have  feen, 
And  like  a  bay-tree  frefh  and  green, 
That  fpreads  its  pleafant  branches  round. 
Ev'n  fo  was  he  with  plenty  crown'd  : 

z6  But  he  was  gone  as  quick  as  thought, 
And,  tho'  I  diligently  fought, 
Yet  could  I,  by  no  fign  or  trace, 
Or  any  mark,  find  out  his  place. 

3  7  Obferve  the  perfect  man  with  care, 
And  mark  all  fuch  as  upright  are  ; 
Their  rougheft  days  in  peace  (hall  end,, 
And  happy  hours  on  them  attend  : 

D    2 


$6  PSALM     XXXVIII. 

a8  Whilft  on  the  latter  end  of  thole. 
Who  dare  God's  holy  will  oppoie, 
A  common  ruin,  foon  or  late, 
Shall  furely  be  their  dii'mal  fate. 

»9  God,  to  the  juft,  will  help  afford, 
Their  only  Cafe-guard  is  the  Lord  ; 
Their  ftrength  in  time  of  need  is  he, 
V/ho  will  from  danger  fet  them  free  : 

30  Becaufe  on  him  they  Hill  depend, 
The  Lord  will  timely  iuccor  fend  : 
The  wicked  thus  mall  ne'er  prevail, 
Nor  (hail  the  righteous  ever  fail. 


Pfaim  38 — common  metre. 

1     A  MIDST  thy  wrath  remember  love j 
jl\     Reftore  thy  fervant,  Lord, 

Nor  let  a  Father's  chaft'ning  prove 
Like  an  avenger's  fword. 

a  Thine  arrows  flick  within  my  he  art  > 

My  flefh  is  forely  preft  ; 
Between  the  forrow  and  the  frnart 

My  fpirit  mids  no  reft. 

3  My  fins  a  heavy  load  appear, 
And  o'er  my  head  are  gone  ; 

Too  heavy  they  for  me  to  bear, 
Too  hard  for  me  t'  atone. 

4  My  thoughts  are  like  a  troubled  fea 
That  fmks  my  comforts  down  ; 

And  I  go  mourning  all  the  day 
Beneath  my  Father's  frown. 

5  Lord  I  am  weaken'd  and  difmay'd, 
None  of  my  pow'rsare  whole  ; 

My  wounds  with  piercing  anguifh  bleed,,, 
T&e.  anguifh  of  my  ibul. 


FSAL  M     XXXIX,  6j 

6  All  my  uefires  to  thee  are  known, 
Thine  eye  counts  ev'iy  tear, 

;v'ry  figh  and  ev'ry  groan 
Is  notic'd  by  thine  ear. 

7  Thou  art  my  God,  my  cnly  hope  ; 

v  God  will  hear  my  cry, 
My  God  will  bear  my  fpirit  up 
When  fatan  bids  me  die. 

8  My  foes  rejoice  whene'er  I  Aide, 
Tc  fee  my  virtue  fail  ; 

They  raife  their  pleafure  and  their  pride, 
Whene'er  their  wiles  prevail. 

9  But  I'll  ccnfef:  my  guilty  ways, 
And  grieve  for  all  my  fin  ; 

a  I'll  mourn  how  weak  the  feeds  of  grace, 
And  beg  fupport  divine. 

ic  My  God,  forgive  my,  follies  pail, 

And  be  forever  nigh  ; 
O  Lord  of  my  falvation  hafte, 

Before  thy  iervant  die. 


Pfalm  2>9 — commoi  metre. 

t  HHKUS  I  refolv'd  before  the  Lord, 
X    "  Now  will  I  watch  my  tongue, 
"  Left  l  let  flip  one  fihful  word, 
"  Or  do  my  neighbour  wrong." 

a  When'er  coritrain'd  a  while  to  ft  ay 

With  men  of  lives  profane, 
Til  let  a  double  guard  that  day, 

Nor  let  my  talk  be  vain. 

3  I'll  fcarce  allow  my  lips  to  fpeak 

The  pious  thoughts  I  feel, 
Left  fcoffers  mould  th'  occafion  take 

To  mock  my  holy  zeal, 


$«  PSALM    XXXIX. 

4  Yet  if  fome  proper  hour  appear, 
I'll  not  be  over-aw'd, 

But  let  the  fcomng  tinners  hear 
That  we  can  fpeak  for  God. 

Part  i — common  metre. 

5  Teach  me  the  meafure  of  my  days, 
Thou  Maker  of  my  frame  ; 

I  would  iurvey  life's  narrow  fpace, 
And  learn  how  frail  I  am. 

C  A  fpan  is  all  that  we  can  boaft, 
How  lhort,  how  fleet  our  time  ! 

Man  is  but  vanity  and  dull, 
In  all  his  fiow'r  and  prime. 

7  See  the  vain  race  of  mortals  move, 
Like  fhadows  o'er  the  plain  ; 

They  rage  and  ftrive,  defire  and  love, 
But  all  the  noii'e  is  vain. 

8  Some  walk  in  honor's  gaudy  fnow, 
Some  dig  for  golden  ore, 

They  toil  for  heirs,  they  know  not  who, 
And  (trait  are  feen  no  more. 

j  What  mould  I  with  or  wait  for  then 
From  creatures,  earth  and  dull ; 

They  make  our  expectations  vain, 
And  diiappoint  our  truft. 

io  Now  I  forbid  my  carnal  hope, 

My  fond  defires  recal  ; 
I  give  my  mortal  intereft  up, 

And  make  my  God  my  all. 

Part  3 — common  metre. 

i  t  God  of  my  life  look  gently  down 
"Behold  the  pains  I  it<c\ ; 


A  L  M     XL.  #9 


But  I  am  ftumb  before  thy  throne, 
Nor  dare  difpute  thy  will. 

12  Difeafes  are  thyfervants,  Lord, 
They  come  at  thy  command  ; 

I'll  not  attempt  a  murmuring  word, 
Againfl  thy  chaft'ning  hando  - 

13  Yet  I  may  plead  with  humble  cries, 
Remove  thy  fharp  rebukes  ; 

My  ftrength  confumes,  my  fpirit  dies, 
Through  thy  repeated  ftrokes. 

14  Crulh'd  as  a  moth  beneath  thy  hand, 
We  moulder  to  the  dull  ; 

Our  feeble  pow'rs  can  ne'er  withftand, 
And  all  our  beauty's  loft, 

15  I'm  but  a  ftranger  here  below, 
As  all  my  fathers  were  ; 

May  I  be  well  prepar'd  to  go, 
When  I  the  fummons  hear  ! 

16  But  if  my  life  be  fpar'd  a  while 
Before  my  laft  remove, 

Thy  praife  mall  be  my  bus'nefs  ftill, 
And  I'll  declare  thy  love. 


Pfalm  40 — common  metre. 

1  T  Waited  patient  for  the  Lord, 

A  He  bow'd  to  hear  my  cry  5 
He  faw  me  refting  on  his  word, 
And  brought  falvation  nigh. 

1  He  rais'd  me  from  a  horrid  pit, 
Where  mourning  long  I  lay, 

And  from  my  bonds  releas'd  my  feet. 
Deep  bonds  of  miry  clay. 

3  Firm  on  a  rock  he  made  me  Hand, 
And  taught  my  cheerful  tongue 


73  PSALM     XL. 

To  praife  the  wonders  of  his  hand, 
In  a  new  thankful  long. 

4  I'll  fpread  his  works  of  grace  abroad  ; 
The  faints  with  joy  fhall  hear, 

And  finners  learn  to  make  my  God 
Their  only  hope  and  fear. 

5  How  many  are  thy  thoughts  of  love  : 
Thy  mercies,  Lord,  how  great  ! 

We  have  not  words  nor  hours  enough 
Their  numbers  to  repeat. 

6  When  I'm  afflicted,  poor  and  low, 
And  light  and  peace  depart, 

My  God  beholds  my  heavy  woe, 
And  bears  me  on  his  heart. 

Part  % — teng  metre. 

7  The  wonders,  Lord,  thy  love  has  wrought, 
Exceed  our  praife,  furmount  cur  thought  ; 
Should  I  attempt  the  long  detail, 

My  fpeech  would  faint,  my  numbers  fail. 

8  No  blood  of  beafts  on  altars  fpilt, 

Can  cleanfe  the  fouls  of  men  from  guilt  j 
But  thou  haft  fet  before  our  eyes, 
An  all-fafiicient  facrince. 

9  Lo  thine  eternal  Son  appears, 
To  thy  defifjns  he  bows  his  ears  ; 
Aflumes  a  body  well  prepar'd, 
And  well  performs  a  work  fo  hard.' 

io  "  Behold  I  come  (the  Saviour  cries, 
"  With  love  and  duty  in  his  eyes,) 
"  I  come  to  bear  the  heavy  load 
4<  Of  fins,  and  do  thy  will,  my  God. 

u  "  'Tis  written  in  thy  great  decree, 
w  'Tis  in  thy  book  foretold  of  me. 


PSALM     XL.  72 

"  I  muft  fulfil  the  Saviour's  part, 
"  And  lo  I  thy  law  is  in  my  heart. 

12  "  I'll  magnify  thy  holy  law, 

"  And  rebels  to  obedience  draw, 
"  When  on  my  crofs  I'm  lifted  high, 
"  Or  to  my  crown  above  the  fky. 

13  "  The  fpirit  (hall  defcend  and  mow, 

"  What  then  haft  done  and  what  I  do  ; 

M  The  wond'ring  world  mall  learn  thy  grace, 

"  And  all  creation  tune  thy  praife." 

Part  3 — long  metre. 

14  ?.Iy  fins  exceed  in  their  amount, 
The  hairs  on  this  afflicted  head  ; 

My  vanquifn'd  courage  they  furmount, 
And  fill  my  drooping  foul  with  dread. 

15  But,  Lord,  to  my  relief  draw  near, 
For  never  was  more  preffmgneed  ; 
In  my  deliv'rance,  Lord,  appear^ 
And  add  to  that  deliv'rance  fpeed. 

10  Confufion  on  their  heads  return, 
Who  to  deftroy  mv  foul  combine; 
Let  them,  defeated,  blufn  and  mourn, 
Enfnar'd  in  their  own  vile  defign. 

17  Their  doom  let  defolation  be, 
Withfhame  their  malice  be  repaid, 

Who  mock'd  my  confidence  in  thee, 
And  iporc  of  my  affliiricn  made. 

18  While  thofe  who  humbly  feek  thy  face 
To  joyful  triumphs  fhali  be  rais'd  ; 
And  all  who  prize  thy  faving  grace, 
With  me  refound,  the  Lord  be  prais'd, 

19  Thus  wretched  though  I  am  and  poor, 
Of  me  &'  Llmighty  Lord  takes  care  ; 


ft  P  S  A  L  M    XLI. 

Thou  God,  who  only  canft  reftore, 
To  my  relief  with  {peed  repair. 

Pfalm  41 — particular  metre. 

1  TlE's  blefl  whofe  tender  care, 
Xi.     Relieves  the  poor  diftrefs'd  ; 

When  troubles  gather  round, 
The  Lord  will  give  him  reft. 

%  His  life  with  hleffmgs  crown'd, 
The  Lord  fha.ll  fure  prolong ; 

And  check  the  will  of  thofe 
Who  feek  to  do  him  wrong. 

3  If  he,  in  low  eftate, 
Opprefs'd  with  licknefs  lie, 

The  Lord  will  comfort  lend, 
And  inward  ftrength  fiippiy. 

4  Secure  of  this,  to  God, 

I  thus  my  pray'r  addrefs'd, 
"  Lord,  heal  my  wounded  foul, 
For  I  have  much  tranfgrefs'd  I' 

5  My  foes  with  fland'ring  words, 
Attempt  to  wound  my  fame, 

"  When  mail  he  die,"  fay  they, 
"  And  men  forget  his  name  ?** 

6  Suppofe  they  vifits  make, 
'Tis  all  but  empty  fnow  ; 

They  gather  mifchief  then 
And  vent  it  when  they  go. 

7  With  whifpers  fucfa  as  thefe, 
To  hurt  me  they  devife  : 

"  His  doom  at  length  is  come, 
"  He's  fall'n  no  more  to  life." 

8  My  own  familiar  friend, 
On  whom  I  moft  relyHj 


PSALM     XLIL  73 


Has  me,  whofe  gueft  he  was, 
With  open  fcorn  defy'd. 

9  But  thou  my  wretched  ftate, 
In  mercy,  Lord  regard, 

And  raife  me  up,  that  they 
May  meet  their  juft  reward. 

10  Thou  fufr  'reft  not  my  foes, 
To  triumph  in  my  fall ; 

Therefore  I  know  thine  ear, 
Is  open  when  I  call. 

ii  My  life  thou  doft  fecure, 

From  danger  and  difgrace  ; 
And  thou  (halt  fet  me  ftill, 

Before  thy  glorious  face. 
12  Let  therefore. Ifrael's  Lord, 

From  age  to  age  be  bleft, 
And  ail  the  people's  joy 

With  loud  aniens  expreft. 


Pfalm  42 — -common  metre. 
1     A   S  pants  the  hart  for  cooling  ftreams, 

S\  When  heated  in  the  chace  ; 
So  longs  my  foul,  O  God,  for  thee, 

And  thy  refreftiing  grace. 
%  For  thee,  my  God,  the  living  God, 

My  thirfty  foul  doth  pine  : 
O  I  when  {hall  I  behold  thy  face, 
Thou  majefty  divine  ? 

3  Tears  are  my  conftant  food,  while  thus 

Infulting  foes  upbraid  ; 
**  Deluded  wretch  1  where's  now  thy  God  ? 
"  And  where  his  promis'd  aid  ?" 

4  I  figh  whene'er  my  muling  thoughts, 

Thofe  happy  days  prefent, 


74  PSALM     XLIL 

When  I  with  troops  of  pious  friends 
Thy  .temple  did  frequent : 

5  When  I  advanced  with  fongs  of  praifc, 
My  folefim  vows  :o  pay  ; 

And  led  the  joyful  facred  throng, 
That  kept  the  filial  day. 

6  Why  reliefs,  v/hv  caft  down,  my  foul  f 
Truft  God  ;  and  he'll  employ 

His  aid  for  thee,  and  change  thefe  fighs 
To  thankful  hymns  of  joy. 

7  My  foul's  caft  down,  O  God  ;  but  thinks 
On  thee  and  Sion  ftill  j 

From  Jordan's  banks,  from  Hermon's  height 
And  Mizar's  humble  hill. 

S  One  trouble  calls  another  on  ; 

.  And,  burfting  o'er  my  head, 
Fallfpouting  down,  till  round  my  foul 
A  roaring  fea  is  ipread. 

9  But  when  thy  prefence,  Lord  of  life, 

Has  once. difpell'd  this. ftorm, 
To  thee  I'll  midnight  anthems  fing, 

And  all  my  vows  perform. 

to  God  of  my  ftrength,  how  long  mall  I, 

Like  one  forgotten,  mourn, 
Forlorn,  forfaken,  and  expos'd 

To  my  oppreiTor's  fcorn  ? 

ii   My  heart  is  piera'd  as  with  a  fword, 

Whilft  thus  my  foes  upbraid  ; 
"  Vain  boafter,  where  is  now  thy  God  j 

"  And  where  his  promis'd  aid  ?" 

ia  Why  reftlefs,  why  caft  down,  my  foul J 

Hope  ftill,  and  thou  (halt  ling 
The  praife  of  him  who  is  thy  God, 

Thy  health's  eternal  fpring. 


i^/wx  43 — long  metre. 

i    TUST  Judge  of  heav'n,  aeainft  my  foes 
J    Do  thou  aiTert  my  injur  d  right  ; 

me  free,  my  God,  from  thofe 
That  in  deceit  and  wrong  delight. 

a  Since  thou  art  fbill  my  only  fray, 
Why  lcav'ft  thou  me  in  deep  diltrefs  ? 

Why  go  I  mourning  all  the  day, 
Whiift  me  mfulting  foes  opprefs  ? 

3  Let  me  with  light  and  truth  be  bleft  ; 
O  let  them  point  and  lead  the  way, 

Till  on  thy  holy  hill  I  reft, 
And  in  "thy  iacred  temple  pray. 

4  Then  will  I  there  frefh  altars  raife 
To  God,  who  is  my  only  joy  ; 

y  triumphant  fongs  of  praife, 
Shaft  all  my  grateful  hours  employ. 

5  Why  then  caft  down,  my  foul  ?  and  why* 
So  much  oppreis'd  with  anxious  care  ? 

On  God,  thy  God,  for  aid  rely  ; 
Who  can  and  will  thy  ftate  repair. 


Ffalm  44 — common  metre. 

i   ¥    ORD,  v/e  have  heard  thy  works  of  ol 
■Li     Thy  works  of  pow'r  and  grace, 

When  to  our  ears  our  fathers  told, 
The  wonders  of  their  days. 

a  They  law  thy  beaut'ous  churches  rife, 

The  fpreading  gofpel  run  ; 
While  light  and  glory  from  the  fides 

Through  all  their  temples  (hone. 

3  In  God  they  boa  (ted  all  the  day, 
And  m  a  cheerful  throne 


7<>  PSALM     XLIV. 

Did  thoufands  meet  to  praife  and  pray, 
And  grace  was  all  their  fong. 

4  But  now  our  fouls  are  feiz'd  with  lhame, 
Confufion  fills  our  face, 

To  hear  the  enemy  blafpheme, 
And  fools  reproach  thy  grace. 

5  Yet  have  we  not  forgot  our  God, 
Nor  falfely  dealt  with  Heav'n, 

Nor  have  our  fteps  declin'd  the  road 
Of  duty  thou  haft  given. 

6  Though  dragons  all  around  us  roar 
With  their  deilruclive  breath, 

And  thine  own  hand  has  bruis'd  us  fore, 
Hard  by  the  gates  of  death. 

7  We  are  expos'd  all  day  to  die, 
As  martyrs  for  thy  name  : 

As  fheep  for  ilaughter  bound  we  lie, 
And  wait  the  kindling  flame. 

8  Awake,  arife,  almighty  Lord, 
Why  fleeps  thy  wonted  grace  ? 

Why  mould  we  feem  like  men  abhor'd, 
Or  banifh'd  from  thy  face  ? 

9  Wilt  thou  for  ever  call  us  off, 
And  ftill  negle&i  our  cries  ? 

For  ever  hide  thine  heav'nly  love 
From  our  afflicted  eyes  ? 

io  Down  to  the  duft  our  foul  is  bow'd, 

And  dies  upon  the  ground  ? 
Rife  for  our  help,  rebuke  the  proud, 

And  all  their  pow'rs  confound. 

ii  Redeem  us  from  perpetual  fhame, 

Our  Saviour  and  our  God  ; 
We  plead  the  honors  of  thy  name, 

The  merits  of  thy  blood. 


N 


PSALM     XLY.  77 

Pfalm  45 — long  metre. 
OW  be  my  heart  infpir'd  to  fing 


The  glories  of  my  Saviour  king, 
Jefus  the  Lord  ;  how  heav'nly  fair 
His  form  !  how  bright  his  beauties  are  ! 

O'er  all  the  fons  of  human  race 
He  mines  with  far  fuperior  grace, 
Love  from  his  lips  divinely  flows, 
And  bleffmgs  all  nis  fcate  compofe. 

Drefs  thee  in  arms,  almighty  Lord, 
Gird  on  the  terror  of  thy  fword, 
In  majefty  and  glory  ride, 
With  truth  and  meekneis  by  thy  fide. 

Thine  anger,  like  a  pointed  dart, 
Shall  pierce  the  foes  of  fiubborn  heart  j 
Or  words  of  mercy,  kind  and  fweet, 
Shall  melt  the  rebels  at  thy  feet. 

Thy  throne,  O  God,  forever  ftands, 
Grace  is  the  fceptre  in  thy. hands  ; 
Thy  laws  and  works  are  jxift  and  right, 
But  grace  and  juftice  thy  delight. 

O  God,  thy  God  has  richly  (lied 
His  oil  of  gladnefs  on  thy  head  ; 
And  with  his  facred  Spirit  blefs'd 
The  eternal  Son  above  the  reft, 


Part  z — long  metre. 

7  The  King  of  faints,  how  fair  his  face, 
Adorn'd  with  majefty  and  grace  ! 
He  comes  with  bleffmgs  from  above, 
And  v/ins  the  nations  to  his  love. 

8  At  his  right  hand  our  eyes  behold 
The  queen  array'd  in  pureft  gold ; 


7.S  PSALM     XLVI. 

The  world  admires  her  heav'nly  drefs  ; 
Her  robes  of  joy  and  righteouuiefs, 

y  He  forms  her  beauty  like  his  owe, 
He  calls  and  feats  her  near  his  throne  ; 
Fair  ftranger,  let  thine  heart  forget 
The  idols  of  thy  native  Hate. 

10  So  ihall  the  king  the  more  rejoice 
In  thee  the  fav'rite  of  his  choice  ; 
Let  him  be  lov'd,  and  ytt  ador'd, 
For  he's  thy  Maker  and  thy  Lord. 

j  i   Oh  happy"hour,  when  thou  {halt  rife 
To  his  fair  palace  in  the  ikies, 
And  all  thy  fons,  (a  num'rous  train) 
Each  like  a  prince  in  glory  reign. 

13  Let  endlefs  honors  crown  his  head  ; 
Let  ev'ry  age  his  praifes  ipiead  ; 
While  we  with  cheerful  longs  approve 
The  condcl'ccnfion  of  his  love. 


F/rJm  46 — long  metre. 

1  /^N  OD  is  my  refuge  in  diftrefs, 

VT  A  pre  lent  help  when  dangers  preiVj 

On  him  for  Liety  we  rely'd, 

And  in  his  itrength  we  will  confide  : 

2  Tho'  earth  were  from  her  centre  toft  j 
And  mountains  in  the  ocean  loft  ; 

Or  lofty  hills  from  their  abode, 
Torn  piece-meal  by  the  roaring  flood. 

3  Let  angry  waves  together  roll'd, 
Rage  on  with  fury  uncontroui'd  ; 
We  will  not  fear,  whilft  we  depend 
On  God,  who  is  our  conflant  friend  : 


PSALM     XLVI. 

4  A  gentler  ftream  that  ever  flows, 
And  joy  to  all  around  bellows, 
The  city  of  the  Lord  (hall  fill, 

The  city  where  he's  worlhipp'd  ftill. 

5  Qod  dwells  in  Sion,  whofe  ftrong  tow'rs, 
Shall  mock  th'  afiault  of  earthly  pow'rs, 
And  his  almighty  aid  is  nigh, 

To  thofe  who  on  his  ftrength  rely. 

6  In  tumults,  when  the  heathen  rag'd, 
And  kingdoms  war  againft  us  wag'd, 
In  thunders  loud  his  voice  was  heard. 
And  iboa  their  forces  difappear'd. 

Part  2 — long  metre. 

7  The  Lord  of  Ho  Its  conducts  our  arms, 
Our  tow'r  of  refuge  in  alarms  ; 

Our  father's  guardian  he  hath  been, 
And  we  his  tender  love  have  feen. 

2  Come,  fee  what  power  he  hath  difplay'd, 

His  people  ne'er  lhall  be  difmay'd  : 

For  them  he  hath  thefe  wonders  wrought, 

And  on  the  earth  deltruclion  brought. 

9  Abroad  he  hath  his  vengeance  hurl'd, 
And  aw'd  to  peace  the  jarring  world  ; 
He  doth  deftroy  the  fpear  and  bow. 
And  into  flames  their  chariots  throw  : 

io  With  rev'rence  be  the  Lord  addrefs'd  : 
The  earth  her  fov'reign  h3th  confefs'd  ; 
The  heathen  (hall  his  pow'r  obey, 
And  yield  to  his  almighty  fway. 

zi  The  God  of  hoftc,  conducts  our  arms, 
Our  tow'r  of  refuge  in  alarms  ; 
Our  father's  guardian  he  hath  been, 
And  we  his  wond'rous  love  have  feen. 


8o         PSALM     XLVII.     XLVIII. 

Pfalm  47 — common  metre. 

i  /^H  for  a  mout  of  facred  joy 
KJ  To  God  the  fov'reign  king  ! 

Let  ev'ry  land  their  tongues  employ, 
And  hymns  of  triumph  nng. 

2  Jefus  our  God  afcends  on  high  ; 
His  heav'nly  guards  around 

Attend  him  rifmg  thro'  the  iky, 
With  trumpet's  joyful  found. 

3  While  angels  fhout  and  praife  their  King, 
Let  mortals  learn  their  {trains  ; 

Let  all  the  earth  his  honors  fmg  ; 
O'er  all  the  earth  he  reigns. 

4  Rehearfe  his  praife  with  awe  profound, 
Let  knowledge  guide  the  fong  ; 

Nor  mock  him  with  a  folemn  found 
Upon  a  thoughtiefs  tongue. 

5  In  Ifrcil  flood  his  ancient  throne, 
He  lov'd  that  chofen  race  ; 

Sut  now  he  calls  the  world  his  own, 
And  heathens  tafte  his  grace. 

6  The  Gentile  nations  are  the  Lord's, 
There  Abraham 's  God  is  known  : 

While  pow'rs  and  princes,  fhields  and  fwords 
Submit  before  his  throne. 


Pfalm  48 — fhort  metre. 

1  f^%  REAT  is  the  Lord  our  God, 
v_T  And  let  his  praife  be  great  ; 

He  makes  his  churches  his  abode, 
His  moft  delightful  feat. 

2  Thefe  temples  of  his  grace, 
How  beautiful  they  fland  ? 


?  S  A  L  M     XLVIIL  Si 

The  honors  of  our  native  place, 
And  bulwarks  of  our  land. 

3  In  Siott.  God  is  known ' 
A  refuge  in  diftrefs  ; 

How  bright  has  his  falvation  fhone, 
How  fair  his  heav'nly  grace  ! 

4  When  kings  againft  her  join'd, 
And  faw  the  Lord  was  there, 

In  wild  confufion  of  the  mind 
They  fled  with  hafty  fear. 

5  When  navies  tall  and  proud 
Attempt  to  fpoil  our  peace, 

Hs  fends  his  temped  roaring  loud, 
And  finks  them  in  the  feas. 

5  Oft  have  our  fathers  told, 

Our  eyes  have  often  feen, 
How  well  our  God  fecures  the  fold 

Where  his  own  flocks  have  been* 

7  In  ev'ry  new  diftrefs 
We'll  to  his  houie  repair, 

Recal  to  mind  his  wond'rous  grace, 
'  And  feek  deliv'rance  there. 

Part  z — fhort  metre. 

8  Far  as  thy  name  is  known 
The  world  declares  thy  praife  ; 

Thy  faints,  O  Lord,  before  thy  throne 
Their  fongs  of  honor  raiie. 

9  With  joy  the  people  ftand 
On  Sum's  chofen  hill, 

Proclaim  the  wonders  of  thy  hand, 
And  counfels  of  thy  will. 

o  Let  ftrangers  walk  around 
The  city  where  we  dwell,        -     • 
E2 


82  PSALM     XLIX. 

Compafs  and  view  thy  holy  ground, 
And  mark  the  building  well. 

ii  The  orders  of  thy  houfe, 

The  worfhip  of  thy  court, 
The  cheerful  fongs,  the  1'olemn  vows, 

And  make  a  fair  report. 

12  How  decent  and  how  wife  ! 
How  glorious  to  behold  ! 

Beyond  the  pomp  that  charms  the  eyes, 
And  rites  adorn'd  with  gold. 

13  The  God  we  worfhip  now 
Will  guide  us  till  we  die  ; 

Will  be  our  God  while  here  below, 
And  ours  above  the  Iky. 


Pfalm  49 — common  metre. 

1  "IT THY  doth  the  man  of  riches  grow 

VV     To  infolence  and  pride, 
To  fee  his  wealth  and  honors  flow 
With  ev'ry  riling  tide  ? 

2  Why  doth  he  treat  the  poor  with  fcorn, 
Made  of  the  felf  fame  clay, 

And  boaft  as  though  his  flefh  was  born 
Of  better  duft  than  they  ? 

3  Not  all  his  treafures  can  procure 
His  foul  a  irtort  reprieve, 

Redeem  from  death  one  guilty  hour, 
Or  make  his  brother  live. 

4  Eternal  life  can  ne'er  be  fold, 
The  ranfom  is  too  high  ; 

Juftice  will  ne'er  be  brib'd  with  gold, 
That  man  may  never  die. 

5  He  fees  the  brutifh  and  the  wife, 
The  tim'rous  and  the  brave, 


PSALM    XLIX. 

Quit  their  poffeffions,  clofe  their  eyes, 
And  haften  to  the  grave. 

6  Yet  'tis  his  inward  thought  and  pride, 
"  My  houfe  fhall  ever  ftand  ; 

"  And  that  my  name  may  long  abide- 
"  I'll  give  it  to  my  land." 

7  Vain  are  his  thoughts,  his  hopes  are  loft, 
How  foon  his  mem'ry  dies  i 

His  name  is  buried  in  the  duft, 
Where  his  own  body  lies. 

8  This  is  the  folly  of  their  way, 
And  yet  their  fons  as  vain 

Approve  the  words  their  fathers  fay, 


_9  Men  void  of  wifdom  and  of  grace, 

Tho'  honor  raife  them  high, 
Live  like  the  beafts,  a  thcughtlefs  race, 

And  like  the  beafts  they  die. 

10  Laid  in  the  grave  like  filly  fheep, 
Death  triumphs  o'er  them  there, 

Till  the  laii  trumpet  breaks  their  fleep, 
And  wakes  them  in  defpair. 

Part  2 — common  metre. 

ii  Ye  fons  of  pride,  that  hate  the  juft, 

And  trample  on  the  poor, 
vVhen  death  has  brought  you  down  to  duft 

Your  pomp  (hall  rife  no  more. 

2  The  lair  great  day  (hall  change  the  fcene  : 
When  wiil  that  hour  appear  ? 

tfhen  mall  the  juft  revive,  and  reign 
O'er  all  that  fcom'd  them  here  ? 

3  God  will  my  naked  foal  receive, 
Call'd  from'  the  world  away, 


84  PSALM    L. 

And  break  the  prifon  of  the  grave, 
To  raife  my  mould'ring  ciay. 

14  Heav'ri  is  my  everlafting  heme, 
Th'  inheritance  is  fure  ; 

Let  men  of  pride  their  rage  refume, 
But  I'll  repine  no  more. 


Tfabn  50 — common  metre. 

1  HPHE  Lord,  the  judge,  before  his  throne, 

-L    Bids  the  whole  earth  draw  nigh, 
The  nations  near  the  rifmg  fun, 
And  near  the  tue/lem  iky. 

2  No  more  mall  bold  blafphemers  fay, 
yud^mejzt  tuill  neer  begin  ; 

No  more  abufe  his  long  delay 
To  impudence  and  fin. 

3  Thron'd  on  a  cloud  our  God  (hall  coine^ 
Bright  flames  prepare  his  way, 

Thunder  and  darknefs,  fire  and  ftorm, 
Lead  on  the  dreadful  day. 

4  Heav'n  from  above  his  call  fhall  hear, 
Attending  angels  come, 

And  earth  and  hell  fhall  know  and  fear 
His  juftice  and  their  doom. 

5  "  But  gather  all  my  faints  (he  cries) 
-  "  That  made  their  peace  with  God, 
"  By  the  Redeemer's  facrifice, 

"  And  feal'd  it  with  his  blood. 

6  "  Their  faith  and  works  brought  forth  to  light, 
"  Shall  make  the  world  confeis, 

"  My  lentence  of  reward  is  right, 
u  And  heav'n  adore  my  grace. 


PSALM     L. 

Part  2 — common  metre. 

7  Thus  faith  the  Lord,  "  the  fpacious  fields, 
"  And  flocks  and  herds  are  mine, 

"  O'er  all  the  cattle  of  the  hills 
"  I  claim  a  right  divine. 

8  "  I  afk  no  fheep  for  facriSce, 

"  Nor  bullocks  burnt  with  are  ; 
"  To  hope  and  love,  to  pray  and  praife, 
"  Is  all  that  I  require. 

9  "  Invoke  my  name  v/hen  trouble's  near, 
„  My  hand  ihall  fet  thee  free  ; 

"  Then  fliall  thy  thankful  lips  declare, 
"  The  honor  due  to  me. 

io  "  The  man  that  oSers  humble  praife, 

"  Declares  mj  glory  belt, 
"  And  thofe  that  tread  my  holy  ways, 

"  Shall  my  falvation  tafte. 

j  i  "  Not  for  the  want  of  bullocks  flain 

"  "Will  1  tlie  world  reprove  ; 
"  Altars  and  rites,  and  forms  are  vain, 

^  Without  the  fire  of  love. 

i2  "  And  what  have  hypocrites  to  do 

"  To  bring  their  facrihce  ? 
"  They  call  my  ttatutes  juft  and  true, 

"  But  deal  in  theft  and  lies. 

3:3  "  Could  youAespeci  to  'fcape.  my  fig&t, 

"  And  iin  without  controul  ? 
"  But  I  ihall  bring  your  crimes  to  light, 

"  With  anguiui  in  your  foul." 

£4  Confider,  ye,  that  flight  the  Lord, 

Before  his  wrath  appear  ; 
If  once  you  fall  beneath  his  fword, 

There's  no  deliv'rer  there. 


85  PSALM    L.    LI. 

Fart  3 — long  metre. 

1 5  The  Lord,  the  judge  his  churches  warns, 
Let  hypocrites  attend  and  fear, 

Who  place  their- hopes  in  rites  and  forms, 
But  make  not  faith  nor  love  their  care. 

1 6  Vile  wretches  dare  rehearfehis  name 
With  lips  of  falfehood  and  deceit  ; 

A  friend  or  brother  they  defame. 

And  footh  and  flatter  thofe  they  hate. 

17  They  watch  to  do  their  neighbors  wrong, 
Yet  dare  to  feek  their  Maker's  face  5 

They  take  his  cov'nant  on  their  tongue, 
But  break  his  laws,  abufe  his  grace. 

18  To  heav'n  they  lift  their  hands  unclean, 
Defil'd  with  lull,  defii'd  with  blood  ; 

By  night  they  practice  every  fin, 

By  day  their  mouths  draw  near  to  God. 

19  And  while  his  judgments  long  delay, 
They  grow  fecure  and  fin  the  more  : 

They  think  he  fleeps  as  well  as  they, 
And  put  far  off  the  dreadful  hour. 

,«o  Oh  dreadful  hour  !  when  God  draws  near, 
And  fets  their  crimes  before  their  eyes  I 

His  wrath  their  guilty  fouls  {hall  tear, 
And  no  deliv'rer  dare  to  rife. 


Pfalm  51 — long  metre. 

SHEW  pity,  Lord,  O  Lord,  forgive, 
Let  a  repenting  rebel  live  ; 
Are  not  thy  mercies  large  and  free  ? 
May  not  a  firmer  truft  in  thee  ? 

My  crimes  are  great,  but  can't  furpafs 
The  pow'i  and  glory  of  thy  grace  : 


PSALM    LI.  87 

Great  God,  thy  nature  hath  no  bound, 
So  let  thy  pard'ning  love  be  found. 

3  Oh  wafh  my  foul  from  ev'ry  fin, 

And  make  my  guilty  confcience  clean  ; 
Here  on  my  heart  the  burden  lies, 
And  paft  offences  pain  mine  eyes. 

4  My  lips  with  fhame  my  fins  confefs 
Againft  thy  law,  againft  thy  grace  ; 
Lord,  fhould  thy  judgment  grow  fevere, 
I  am-condemn'd  but  thou  art  clear. 

5  Should  fudden  vengeance  feize  my  breath, 
I  muft  pronounce  thee juft  in  death  ; 
And  if  my  foul  were  fent  to  hell, 

Thy  righteous  law  approves  it  well. 

6  Yet  fave  a  trembling  fmner,  Lord, 
Whofe  hope,  ft il  1  hov'ring  round  thy  word* 
Would  light  on  fome  fweet  promife  there,, 
Some  fure  fupport  againft  defpair. 


Part  2 — long  metre. 

7  Lord,  I  am  vile,  conceiv'd  in  fin, 
Ana  born  unholy  and  unclean  ; 
Sprung  from  the  man  whofe  guilty  fall 
Corrupts  the  race,  and  taints  us  all. 

8  Soon  as  v/e  draw  our  infant  breath, 
The  feeds  of  fin  grow  up  for  death  ; 
The  law  demands  a  perfecl  heart  j 
But  we5re  deftTd  in  ev'ry  part. 

5  Great  God  create  my  heart  anew, 
And  form  my  fpirit  pure  and  true  ; 
Oh  make  me  wife  betimes  to  fpy 

My  danger  and  ray  remedy. 


38  PSALM    LL 

10  Behold  I  fail  before  thy  face  ; 
My  only  refuge  is  thy  grace  ; 
No  outward  forms  can  make  me  clean  ; 
The  leprofy  lies'  deep  within. 

ii  No  bleeding- bird,  no?  bleeding  beaft, 
Nor  hyfup  branch,  nor  fprinkling  prieft, 
Nor  running  brook,  nor  flood,  nor  fea, 
Can  waih  the  difmal  ftain  away. 

1 2  Jefus,  my  God,  thy  blood  alone 
Hath  pow'r  fufficient  to  atone  : 

Thy  blood  can  make  me  white  as  mow  ; 
No  Jewijb  types  could  cieanfe  me  fo. 

13  While  guilt  difturbs  and  breaks  my  peace, 
Nor  neih  nor  foul  hath  reft  or  eafe 
Lord,  let  me  hear  thy  pard'ning  voice  ; 
And  make  my  broken  heart  rejoice. 

Part  3 — long  metre. 

14  O  thou  that  hear' ft  when  linners  cry. 
Though  all  my  crimes  before  thee  lie, 
Behold  them  not  with  angry  look, 
But  blot  their  mem'ry  from  thy  book. 

25  Create  my  nature  pure  within, 
And  form  my  foul  averfe  to  fin  ; 
Let  thy  good  Spirit  ne'er  depart, 
Nor  hide  thy  prefence  from  my  heart. 

16  I  cannot  live  without  thy  light, 

Caft  out  and  baniih'd  from  thy  fight  ; 
Thine  holy  joys,  my  God,  reftore, 
And  guard  me  that  I  fall  no  more. 

*7  Though  I  have  griev'd  thy  Spirit,  Lord, 
Thy  help  and  comfort  ftill  afford, 
And  let  a  wretch  come  near  thy  throne, 
To  plead  the  merits  of  thy  Son, 


p  S  A  L  M    LIL  $9 

xS  A  broken  heart  my  God,  my  king, 
Is  all  the  facrifice  I  bring  ; 
The  God  of  grace  will  ne'er  defpife 
A  broken  heart  for  facrifice. 

19  My  foul  lies  humbled  in  the  dull, 
And  owns  thy  dreadful  fentence  juft  ; 
Look  down,  O  Lord  with  pitying  eye, 
And  fave  the  foul  condemn'd  to  die. 

20  Then  will  I  teach  the  world  thy  ways  ; 
Sinners  fhall  learn  thy  fov'reign  grace  ; 
I'll  lead  them  to  my  Saviour's  blood, 
And  they  fhall  praife  a  pard'ning  God. 

2 1  O  may  thy  love  infpire  my  tongue  ! 
Salvation  fhall  be  all  my  fong  ; 
And  all  my  pow'rs  mall  join  to  blefs 

The  Lord  my  ftrength  and  righteoufnefs. 


'W 


Pfalm  52 — long  metre. 

HY  mould  the  haughty  hero  boaft 
His  vengeful  arm,  his  warlike  hoil  ? 
While  blood  denies  his  cruel  hand, 
And  defolation  waftes  the  land. 

He  joys  to  hear  the  captive's  cry, 
The  widow's  groan,  the  orphan's  figh  : 
And  when  the  weary  fword  would  fpare, 
His  falfhood  fpreads  the  fatal  fnare. 

He  triumphs  in  the  deeds  of  wrong, 
And  arms  with  rage  his  impious  tongue  ; 
With  pride  proclaims  his  dreadful  pow'r, 
And  bids  the  trembling  world  adore. 

But  God  beholds,  and  with  a  frown, 
Calls  to  the  duft  his  honors  down  ; 
The  righteous  freed,  their  hopes  recal, 
And  hail  the  proud  oppreffors  fail. 


9o  PSALM    LII.    LIII. 

5  How  low  th'  infulting  tyrant  lies, 
Who  dar'd  th'  eternal  pow'r  defpife  ; 
And  vainly  deem'd  with  envious  joy, 
His  arm  almighty  to  deflroy. 

6  We  praife"  the  Lord,  who  heard  ojtt  cries, 
And  fent  falvation  from  the  ikies  ; 

The  faints  who  law  our  mournful  days, 
Shall  join  our  grateful  fongs  of  praife. 

Part  2 — common  metre. 

7  While  unbelievers  make  their  boaft, 
And  heav'nly  grace  defpife  ; 

In  their  own'  arm  they  put  their  truit, 
And  fill  their  mouths  with  lies  ; 

$  But  like  a  cultur'd  olive  grove 

Dreis'd  in  immortal  green, 
Thy  children  blooming  in  thy  love, 

Amidft  thy  courts  are  feen. 

p  On  thine  eternal  grace,  O  Lord, 

Our  fouls  (hall  reft  fecure  ; 
And  all  who  truft  thy  holy  word, 

Shall  find  falvation  fure. 


Pfalm  53 — common  metre. 

i  HPHE  wicked  fools  muft  fure  fuppofe, 

J.    That  God  is  but  a  name  : 
This  grofs  miftake  their  practice  mows, 
Since  virtue  all  difclaim. 

a  The  Lord  look'd  down  from  heaven's  higr 
The  fons  of  men  to  view,  [tow'r 

To  fee  if  any  own'd  his  power, 
Or  truth  or  juftice  knew. 

3  But  all  he  faw  were  backward  gone, 
Degen'ratfc  grown  and  bafe  ; 


PSALM    LIV.  5t 

None  for  religion  car'd,  not  one 
Of  ail  the  finfui  race. 

4  But  are  thofe  workers  of  deceit 
So  dull  and  fenielefs  grown, 

That  they,  like  bread,  my  people  eat, 
And  God's  jufc  pow'r  dubwn  ? 

5  Their  caufelefs  fears  mail  ftrangely  grow  5 
And  they,  deipis'd  of  God, 

Shall  foon  be  fcii'd  :  his  hands  mall  throw 
Their  ihatter'd  bones  abroad. 

6  Would  he  his  faving  pow'r  employ 
To  break  our  ferviie  band, 

Loud  Ihcuts  of  univerfal  joy 
Should  echo  through  the  land. 


Pfalm  54 — common  metre. 

1  "D  EH  OLD  us,  Lord,  and  let  our  cry 
.  -O  Before  thy  throne  afcend, 

Caft  thou  on  us  a  pitying  eye, 
And  ftill  our  lives  defend. 

2  For  ilaught'ring  foes  infult  us  round, 
Opprenive  proud  and  vain, 

They  caft  thy  temples  to  the  ground, 
And  ail  our  rites  profane. 

3  Yet  thy  forgiving  grace  we  truft, 
A.nd  in  thy  pow'r  rejoice  ; 

Thine  arm  mail  cram  our  foes  to  duft, 
Thy  praife  infpire  our  voice. 

4  Be  thou  with  thofe  whofe  friendly  hand 
Upheld  us  in  diftrefs, 

Extend  thy  truth  through  ev'ry  land, 
And  ftill  thy  people  kiefs. 


9%  P  S  A  L  M     LV. 

Pfalm  55 — common  metre. 

i   dT\  God,  my  refuge,  hear  my  cries, 

v_/   Behold  my  flowing  tears, 
For  earth  arid  hell  my  hurt  devife, 

And  triumph  in  my  fears. 

2  Their  rage  is  levell'd  at  my  life, 
My  foul  with  guilt  they  load, 

And  fill  my  thoughts  with  inward  ftrife, 
To  (hake  my  hope  in  Gcd. 

3  What  inward  pains  my  heart-firings  wound, 
I  groan  with  ev'ry  breath  ; 

Horror  and  fear  befet  me  round 
Amongft  the  (hades  of  death. 

4  Oh  were  I  like  a  feather'd  dove, 
And  innocence  had  wings ; 

I'd  fly,  and  make  a  long  remove 
"from  all  theie  reftlefs  things. 

5  Let  me  to  fome  wild  defert  go, 
And  find  a  peaceful  home, 

Where  florins  of  malice  never  blow, 
Temptations  never  come. 

6  Vain  hopes,  and  vain  inventions  all 
To  'u,ape  the  rage  of  hell  ! 

The  mighty  God  on  whom  I  call. 
Can  fave  me  here  as  well. 

7  By  morning  light  I'll  feek  his  face, 
At  noon  repeat  my  cry, 

The  night  fhallhear  me  aik  his  grace, 
Nor  will  he  long  deny. 

8  God  mail  preferve  my  foul  from  fear, 
Or  ihield  me  when  afraid  ; 

Ten  thouiand  angels  muil  appear 
If  he  command  their  aid. 


PSALM     LV.  53 

I  caft  my  burdens  on  the  Lord, 
The  Lord  fuftains  them  all  ; 
ly  courage  refts  upon  his  word, 
That  faints  iliall  never  fall. 

My  higheft  hopes  can  not  be  vain, 
My  lips  mail  fpread  his  praife  ; 
hile  cruel  and  deceitful  men, 
Scarce  live  out  half  their  days. 

Part  2 — fhort  metre. 

Let  fmners  take  their  courfe, 
And  chufe  the  road  to  death  ; 
tt  in  the  worinip  of  my  God 
I'll  fpend  my  daily  breath. 

My  thoughts  addrefs  his  throne, 
When  morning  brings  the  light  : 
eek  his  blemng  ev'ry  noon, 
And  pay  my  vows  at  night. 

Thou  wilt  regard  my  cries, 
O  my  eternal  God, 
lile  fmners  perifh  in  furprife 
Beneath  thine  angry  rod. 

Becaufe  they  dwell  at  eafe, 
And  no  fad  changes  feel, 
ey  neither  fear,  nor  truft  thy  name, 
Nor  learn  to  do  thy  will. 

But  I  with  all  my  cares, 
Will  lean  upon  the  Lord  ; 
caft  my  burdens  on  his  arm, 
And  reft  upon  his  word. 

<  His  arm  (hall  well  fuftain 
The  children  of  his  love  ; 
e  ground  on  which  their  fafety  ftands, 
ISo  earthly  pow'r  can  move. 


54  PSALM     LVT. 

Pjalm  56 — common  metre. 

1  S~\  Thou  whofe  jufuce  reigns  on  high, 
\J  And  makes  th'  opprefibr  ceafe, 

Behold  how  envious  Tinners  try 
To  vex  and  break  ray  peace. 

2  The  fons  of  violence  and  lies 
Join  to  devour  me,  Lord  ; 

But  as  my  hourly  dangers  rife, 
My  refuge  is  thy  v/ord. 

3  In  God  moll  holy,  jufl  and  true, 
I  have  repos'd  my  trail ; 

Nor  will  I  fear  what  flefh  can  do, 
The  offspring  of  the  duft. 

4  They  wreft  my  words  to  mifchief  ftillj 
Charge  me  with  unknown  faults ; 

For  miichiefs  all  their  councils  fill, 
And  malice  all  their  thoughts. 

5  Shall  they  efcape  without  thy  frown  ? 
Mull  their  devices  Hand  ? 

Oh  call  the  haughty  finner  down, 
AnH  let  him  know  thy  hand  ! 

6  God  fees  the  forrows  of  his  faints, 
Their  groars  affect  his  ears  ; 

Thy  mercy  counts  my  juffc  complaints, 
And  numbers  all  my  tears. 

7  When  to  thy  throne  I  raife  my  cry 
The  wicked  fear  and  flee  : 

So  fwift  is  pray'r  to  reach  the  Iky, 
So  near  is  God  to  me, 

8  In  thee,  mod  holy,  juft,  and  true, 
I  have  repos'd  my  tmft  ; 

Nor  will  I  fear  what  man  can  do, 
The  offspring  of  the  dull. 


PSALM    LVI.I  9s 

$  Thy  folemn  vow3  are  on  me,  Lord, 

Thou  ihait  receive  my  praife  ; 
T'll  ung,  how  faithful  is  thy  word  ! 

How  righteous  all  thy  ways  .' 

io  Thou  haft  fecur'd  my  foul  from  death, 

Oh  let  thy  pris'ner  free, 
That  heart  and  hand,  and  life  and  breath 

May  be  empioy'd  for  thee. 


Ffalm  57 — long  metre. 

i  HPHY  mercy,  Lord,  to  me  extend  : 
X    On  thy  protection  I  depend ; 
And  to  thy  wing  for  fhelter  hafle, 
Till  this  outrageous  ftorm  is  part. 

To  thy  tribunal,  Lord,  I  fly, 

Thou  fov'reign  judge,  and  God  raoft  high, 

Who  wonders  halt  for  me  begun, 

And  wilt  not  leave  thy  work  undone. 

}  From  heav'n  protect  me  by  thine  arm, 
And  (name  ail  thole  who  feck  my  harm. 
To  my  relief  thy  mercy  fend, 
And  truth  on  which  my  hopes  depend. 

For  I  with  favage  men  converfe, 

Like  hungry  lions  wild  and  fierce  ; 

With  men  v/hofe  teeth  are  fpears,  their  word; 

Invenom'd  darts,  and  two-edg'd  Iwords. 

Be  thou,  O  God,  exalted  high  : 
And  as  thy  glory  fills  the  fky, 
So  let  it  be  on  earth  difplay'd, 

Till  thou  art  here,  as  there,  obey'd. 

Fart  z — long  metre. 

My  God  in  whom  are  all  the  fprings, 
Of  boundlefj  love  and  grace  unknown, 


0S  PSALM    LVIII. 

Hide  me  beneath  thy  fpreading  wings, 
Till  the  dark  cloud  is  over-blown. 

7  Up  to  the  heav'ns  I  fend  my  cry, 
The  Lord  will  my  defires  perform  ; 
He  fends  his  angel  from  the  iky, 
And  faves  me  from  the  threat'ning  ftornu 

S  Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God, 

Above  the  heav'ns  where  angels  dwell  ; 
Thy  pow'r  on  earth  be  known  abroad. 
And  land  to  land  thy  wonders  tell. 

9  My  heart  is  fix'd  ;  my  fong  fhall  raife 
Immortal  honors  to  thy  name  ; 
Awake,  my  tongue,  to  found  his  praife, 
My  tongue,  the  glory  of  my  frame. 

i  o  High  o'er  the  earth  his  mercy  reigns, 
And  reaches  to  the  utmoft  Iky  ; 
His  truth  to  endlefs  years  remains, 
When  lower  worlds  diffolve  and  die. 

ii  Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God, 

Above  the  heav'ns  where  angels  dwell  ; 
Thy  pow'r  on  earth  be  known  abroad, 
And  land  to  land  thy  wonders  tell. 


Pfalm  58 — particular  metr;. 

1    JUDGES,  who  rule  the  world  by  laws, 
J    Will  ye  defpife  the  righteous  cauie, 

When  vile  opprefiion  waftes  the  land  ? 
Dare  ye  condemn  the  righteous  poor, 
And  let  rich  finners  'fcape  lecure, 

While  gold  and  greatnefs  bribe  your  hand  ! 

?  Have  ye  forgot,  or  never  knew, 
That  God  will  judge  the  judges  too  ? 
High  in  the  heav'ns  his  juftice  reigns  ; 


PSALM     LIX.  57 

Yet  you  invade  the  rights  of  God  ; 
And  lend  your  bold  decrees  abroad 
To  bind  the  confeience  in  your  chains. 

3  A  poifon'd  arrow  is  your  tongue, 
The  arrow  iharp,  the  poifen  ftrong, 

And  death  attends  where'er  it  wounds  j 
You  hear  no  counieis,  cries  or  tears  ; 
So  the  deaf  adder  ftops  her  ears  ! 

Againft  the  pow'r  of  charming  founds. 

4  Break  out  their  teeth  eternal  God  ; 
There  teeth  of  lions  dy'd  in  blood  ; 

And  crufh  the  ferpents  in  the  duft : 
As  empty  chaff,  when  whirlwinds  rife, 
Before  the  fweeping  tempefc  files. 

So  let  their  names  and  hopes  be  loft. 

5  Tii'  Almighty  thunders  from  the  fky, 
Their  grandeur  melts,  their  titles  die, 

As  hills  of  fnow  diifoive  and  run, 
Or  fnails  that  perifh  in  their  ilirne, 
Or  births  that  come  before  their  time, 

Vain  births  that  ntvbi  fee  the  fun. 

6  Thus  fhall  the  veng'ance  of  the  Lord 
Safety  and  joy  to  faints  afford  ; 

And  all  that  hear  mall  join  and  fay, 
"  Sure  there's  a  God  that  rules  on  high, 
"  A  God  that  hears  his  children  cry, 

"  And  will  their  fuff 'rings  well  repay." 


Pfalm  S9*Hfhcfft  metre. 

2  THB-OM  foes,  that  round  us  rife, 
JT      O  God  of  heav'n  defend, 

Who  brave  the  veng'ance  of  the  ikies, 
And  with  thy  faints  contend. 

F 


^9«  PSALM     LX. 

2  Behold,  from  diflant  mores, 
And  defert  wilds  they  come, 

Combine  for  blood  their  barb'rous  force* 
And  thro'  thy  cities  roam. 

3  Beneath  the  filent  made, 
Their  fecret  plots  they  lay, 

Our  peaceful  walls  by  night  invade, 
And  wafte  the  fields  by  day. 

4  And  will  the  God  of  grace, 
Regardlefs  of  our  pain, 

Permit  fecure  that  impious  race, 
To  riot  in  their  reign  ; 

5  In  vain  their  fecret  guile, 
Or  open  force  they  prove  ; 

His  eye  can  pierce  the  deepeft  veil, 
His  hands  their  ftrength  remove. 

6  Yet  fave  them,  Lord,  from  death, 
Left  we  forget  their  doom  ; 

But  drive  them  with  thine  angry  breath. 
Thro'  diftant  lands  to  roam. 

7  Then  fhali  our  grateful  voice 
Proclaim  our  guardian  God  ; 

The  nations  round  the  earth  rejoice, 
And  found  his  praife  abroad. 

P/abn  6o — long  metre. 

i  f^\  God,  who  haft  our  troops  difperft, 
\J  Forfaking  thofe  who  left  thee  firft ; 
As  we  thy  juft  difpleafure  mourn, 
To  us  in  mercy,  Lord,  return. 

2  Our  ftrength,  that  firm  as  earth  did  fland, 
Is  rent  by'  thy  avenging  hand  : 
O  !  heal  the  breaches  thou  haft  made  ; 
We  make,  we  fail,  without  thy  aid  ! 


PSALM    LX.  90 

3  Our  folly's  fad  effects  we  feel  ; 
For,  drunk  with  difcord's  cup,  we  reel ; 
But  now  for  them,  who  thee  rever'd, 
Thou  haft  thy  truth's  bright  banner  rear'd. 

4  Let  thy  right  hand  thy  faints  protect  ; 
Lord,  hear  the  pray'rs  that  we  direci  j 
The  holy  God  has  fpcke  ;  and  I, 
O'erjoy'd,  on  his  firm  word  rely. 

5  To  thee  in  portions  I'll  divide 
Fair  Sichem's  foil,  Samaria's  pride  : 
To  Sichem,  Succoth  next  I'll  join, 
And  meafure  out  her  vale  by  line. 

6  Maneffeh,  Gilead,  both  fubfcribe 
To  my  commands,  with  Ephraim's  tribe  ; 
Ephraim  by  arms  fupports  my  caufe, 
And  Judah  by  religion's  laws. 

7  Moab  my  Have  and  drudge  fhall  be, 
Nor  Edom  from  my  yoke  get  free  j 
Proud  Paleftine's  imperious  ftate, 
Shall  humbly  on  our  triumph  wait. 

5  But  who  fhall  quell  thefe  mighty  pow'rs, 
And  clear  my  way  to  Edom's  tow'rs  ? 
Or  through  her  guarded  frontiers  tread 
The  path  that  doth  to  conqueit  lead  ? 

$  E'en  thou,  O  God,  who  haft  difperft 
Our  troops  (for  we  forfook  thee  firft) 
Thofe  whom  thou  didft  in  wrath  forfake, 
Aton'd,  thou  wilt  victorious  make. 

Part  2 — common  metre. 

to  Lord  thou  haft  fcourg'd  our  wicked  land, 

Behold  thy  people  mourn  ; 
Shall  veng'ance  ever  guide  thy  hand  ? 

And  mercy  ne'er  return  ? 


ico  PSALM    LXI. 

ii  Beneath  the  terrors  of  thine  eye, 
Earth's  haughty  towers  decay  ; 

Thy  frowning  mantle  fpreads  the  fky, 
And  mortals  melt  away. 

1 2  Our  Sion  trembles  at  thy  ftroke, 
And  dreads  thy  lifted  hand  I 

Oh,  heal  the -people  thou  hafc  broke, 
And  fave  the  linking  land. 

13  Exalt  the  banner  in  the  field, 
For  thofe  that  fear  thy  name  ; 

From  barb'rous  hofts  our  nation  iliield, 
And  put  our  foes  to  ihame. 

14  Attend  our  armies  to  the  fight, 
And  be  their  guardian  God  ; 

In  vain  fhall  num'rous  powers  unite, 
Againft  their  lifted  rod. 

15  Our  troops,  beneath  thy  guiding  hand, 
Shall  gain  a  glad"  renown  : 

'Tis  God  who  makes  the  feeble  fland, 
And  treads  the  mighty  down. 


Pfalrn  61 — moit  metre. 

WHEN  overwhelm'd  with  grief, 
My  heart  within  me  dies, 
Helplefs  and  far  from  all  relief, 
To  Heav'n  I  lift  mine  eyes, 

2  Oh  lead  me  to  the  rock 
That's  high  above  my  head, 

And  make  the  covert  of  thy  wingg 
My  fhelter  and  my  fhade. 

3  Within  thy  pre  fence,  Lorn, 
Forever  I'll  abide  5 

Thou  art  the  tow'r  of  my  defence, 
The  refuge  where  I  hi 


PSALM    LXI.    LXII. 

4  Thou  giveft  me  the  lot 

Of  thofe  that  fear  thy  name  : 
If  endlefs  life  be  their  reward, 
I  mail  poffefs  the  fame. 

Tart  % — long-  metre. 

5  My  foul  of  thy  protection  fure  : 
Againft  her  foes  (hall  reft  fecure  : 
For  thou,  O  God,  haft  heard  my  vows, 
And  brought  me  joyful  to  thy  houfe. 

6  With  all  thy  faints  I'll  ftrive  to  fing 
The  glories  of  my  heav'nly  King, 
Whom  thou  in  mercy  didft  ordain, 
Should  o'er  thy  cholen  people  reign, 

7  This  King  mall  live  forever  bleft, . 
And  give  his  people  peace  and  reft  ; 
His  years  fhall  laft,  and  God  will  own 
His  righteous  fceptre  and  his  throne. 

S  O  let  thy  truth  prepare  the  way, 
In  mercy,  Lord,  extend  his  fway  ; 
Thus  we'll  devote  our  future  days, 
To  pay  our  vows  and  fing  thy  praife. 

Pfalm  6% — long  metre. 

i  TV  >TY  ibul  for  help  on  God  relies  : 
JLVA  From  him  alone  my  fafety  flows  : 

My  rock,  my  health,  that  ftrength  fupplies, 
To  bear  the  fhock  of  all  my  foes. 

2  How  long  will  ye  contrive  my  fall 
Which  will  but  haften  on  your  own  ? 

You'll  totter  like  a  bending  wall, 
Or  fence  of  uncemented  ftone. 

3  To  make  my  envy'd  honors  lefs, 

They  ftrive  with  lies,  their  chief  delight 

F  2    • 


10a  P  S  A  L  M    LXIE 

For  they,  tho'  with  their  mouths  they  blefs, 
Privately  curfe  with  inward  fpite. 

4  But  thou,  my  foul,  on  God  rely  ; 
On  him  alone  thy  trull  repofe  : 

My  rock  and  health  will  ftrength  fupply, 
To  bear  the  ihock  of  all  my  foes. 

5  God  does  his  faving  health  difpenfe, 
And  flowing  blciYmgs  daily  fend  ; 

He  is  my  fortreis  and  defence  ; 
On  him  my  foul  ihall  ft  ill  depend. 

6  In  him,  ye  people,  always  truft  ; 
Before  his  throne  pour  out  your  hearts  : 

For  God,  the  merciful  and  juft, 
His  timely  aid  to  us  imparts. 


Part  2 — long  metre. 

7  My  fpirit  looks  to  God  alone  ; 
My  rock  and  refuge  is  his  throne  j 
In  all  my  fears,  in  all  my  ft  raits, 
My  foul  on  his  falvaticn  waits. 

S  Truft  him,  ye  faints,  in  all  your  ways, 
Pour  out  your  hearts  before  his  face  ; 
When  helpers  fail  and  foes  invade, 
God  is  our  all-fufficient  aid. 

9  Falfe  are  the  men  of  high  degree, 
The  bafer  fort  are  vanity  ; 
Laid  in  the  balance  both  appear 
Light  as  a  puff  of  empty  air. 

ro  Make  not  increafmg  gold  your  truft. 
Nor  fet  your  hearts  on  glitt'ring  dull ; 
Why  will  you  grafp  the  fleeting  fmoke, 
And  not  believe  what  God  has  fpeke  ? 


PSALM    LXIII.  103 

11  Once  has  his  awful  voice  decked, 
Once  and  again  my  ears  have  heard, 
"  All  pow'r  is  his  eternal  due  ;" 
He  mull  bs  fear'd  and  trufted  too. 

12  For  fov'reign  pow'r  reigns  not  alone, 
Grace  is  a  partner  of  the  throne  : 
Thy  grace  and  juftice,  mighty  Lord, 
Shall  well  divide  our  laic  reward. 


Ffalm  63— long  metre. 

1   /"N  REAT  God,  indulge  my  humble  claim, 
VJ     Thou  art  my  hope,  my  joy,  my  refl ; 

The  glories  that  compofe  thy  name 
Stand  all  engag'd  to  make  me  bieft. 

%  Thou  great  and  good,  thou  juft  and  wife, 
Thou  art  my  Father  and  my  God  ; 

And  I  am  thine  by  facred  ties  ; 

Thy  fon,  thy  fervant,  bought  with  blood. 

3  With  heart,  and  eyes,  and  lifted  hands 
For  thee  I  long,  to  thee  I  look, 

As  travellers  in  thirfty  lands 

Pant  for  the  cooling  water  brook. 

4  Witn  early  feet  I  love  t'  appear 
Among  thy  faints,  and  leek  thy  face  ; 

Oft  have  I  feen  thy  glory  there, 
And  felt  the  pow'r  of  fov'reign  grace* 

5  Not  fruits,  nor  wines  that  tempt  our  tafle, 
No  pleafures  that  to  fenfe  belong, 

Could  make  me  fo  divinely  bleit, 
Orraife  fo  high  my  cheerful  long. 

6  My  life  itfelf  without  thy  love 
No  tafte  or  pleafure  could  afford  ; 

'T would  but  a  tireforne  burden  prove, 
If  I  were  banifh'd  from  the  Lord. 


£g4  PSALM    LXIII. 

7  Amidft  the  wakeful  hours  of  night, 
When  bufy  cares  afnicl:  my  head, 
One  thought  of  thee  gives  new  delight, 
And  adds  refreshment  to  my  bed. 

3  I'll  lift  my  hands,  I'll  raife  my  voice, 
While  I  have  breath  to  pray  or  praife  ; 
This  work  mall  make  my  heart  rejoice, 
And  blefs  the  remnant  of  my  days. 


Part  % — common  metre, 

9  Early  my  God,  without  delay, 
I  hafte  to  feek  thy  face  ; 
My  thirlty  fpirit  faints  away 
Without  thy  cheering  grace. 

io  I've  feen  thy  glory  and  thy  pow'r 
Thro'  all  thy  temple  mine  ; 

My  God,  repeat  that  heav'nly  hour. 
That  virion  fo  divine. 

1 i  Not  life  itfelf,  with  all  its  joys, 
Can  my  belt  paffions  move, 

Or  raife  fo  high  my  cheerful  voice, 
As  thy  forgiving  love. 

i  z  Thus  till  my  laft  expiring  day 
I'll  blefs  my  God  and  King  ; 

Thus  will  I  lift  my  hands  to  pray, 
And  tune  my  lips  to  fmg. 


Part  3 — fhort  metre, 

13  My  God,  permit  my  tongue 
This  joy,  to  call  thee  mine  ; 

And  let  my  early  cries  prevail 
To  tafte  thy  love  divine 

14  Within  thy  churches,  Lord, 
I  long  to  find  my  place, 


PSALM    LXW.    -LXV."  so  5 

Thy  pow'r  and  glory  to  behold, 
And  feel  thy  quick'ning  grace. 

15  Since  thou  haft  been  my  help, 

To  thee  my  fpirit  flies, 
And  on  thy  watchful  providence, 

My  cheerful  hope  relies, 

1 5  The  fhadow  of  thy  wings, 

My  foul  in  fafety  keeps ; 
I  follow  where  my  Father  leads, 

And  he  fupports  my  fteps, 

Pfalm  64 — long  metre. 

1  /~i  REAT  God,  attend  to  my  complaint, 
V.T  Nor  let  my  drooping  fpirit  faint  j 
When  foes  in  fecret  fpread  the  mare, 
Let  my  falvation  be  thy  care, 

2  Shield  me  without  and  guard  within, 
From  treach'rous  foes  and  deadly  fin  j 
May  envy,  raft,  and  pride  depart, 
And  heav'nly  grace  expand  my  heart. 

3  Thyjuftice  and  thy  pow'r  diipiay 
And  (batter  far  thy  foes  away  ; 
While  lift'ning  nations  learn  thy  word1, 
And  faints  triumphant  blefs  the  Lord. 

4  Then  (hall  thy  church  exalt  her  voice, 
And  all  that  love  thy  name  rejoice  ; 
By  faith  approach  thine'  awful  throne, 
And  plead  the  merits  of  thy  Son. 


Ffalm  65 — common  metre. 

1   T>RAISE  waits  in  Sion,  Lord,  for  thee, 
A     There  (hall  cur  vows  be  paid  ; 

Thou  haft  an  ear  when  Tinners  pray, 
All  fieih  mall  feek  thine  aid. 


idS  PSALM    LXV. 

2  Lord,  our  iniquities  prevail, 
But  pard'ning  grace  is  thine, 

And  thou  wilt  grant  us  pow'r  and  fkill 
To  conquer  ev'ry  fin. 

3  Bleft  are  the  men  whom  thou  wilt  chufe 
To  bring  them  near  thy  face, 

Give  them  a  dwelling  in  thine  houfe, 
To  feaft  upon  thy  grace.    • 

4  In  anfw'ring  what  thy  church  requefts, 
Thy  truth  and  terror  mine, 

And  works  of  dreadful  righteoufnefs, 
Fulfil  thy  kind  defign. 

5  Thus  fhall  the  wond'ring  nation  fee 
The  Lord  is  good  and  juft  ; 

And  diftant  iflands  fly  to  thee, 
And  make  thy  name  their  trufL 

6  They  dread  thy  glitt'ring  tokens,  Lord, 
When  figns  in  heav'n  appear  ; 

But  they  fhall  learn  thy  holy  word, 
And  love  as  well  as  fear. 

Part  t — long  metre. 

7  The  God  of  our  falvation  hears 

The  groans  of  Sion  mix'd  with  tears  ; 
Yet  when  he  comes  with  kind  defigns, 
Thro'  all  the  way  his  terror  mines, 

$  On  him  the  race  of  man  depends, 
Far  as  the  earth's  remoteft  ends, 
Where  the  Creator's  name  is  known, 
By  nature's  feeble  light  alone. 

9  Sailors  that  travel  o'er  the  flood, 
Addrefs  their  frighted  fouls  to  God, 
When  tempefts  rage  and  billows  roar 
At  dreadful  diftance  from  the  fhore. 


PSALM    LXV.  107 

10  He  bids  the  noify  tempefts  ceafe  y 
He  calms  the  raging  croud  to  peace, 
When  a  tumultous  nation  raves, 
Wild  as  the  winds,  and  loud  as  waves. 

1 1  Whole  kingdoms  fhaken  by  the  ftorm 
He  fettles  in  a  peaceful  form  ; 
Mountains  eftablim'd  by  his  hand 
Firm  on  their  old  foundations  ftand, 

1 2  Behold  his  enligns  fweep  the  Iky, 
New  comets  blaze  and  lightnings  fly  ; 
The  heathen  lands  with  fwift  furprife, 
From  the  bright  horrors  turn  their  eyes? 

13  At  his  command  the  morning  ray 
Smiles  in  the  eafl,  and  leads  the  day, 
He  guides  the  fun's  declining  wheels 
Beyond  the  tops  of  weftern  hills. 

14  Seafons  and  times  obey  his  voice  ; 
The  ev'ning  and  the  morn  rejoice 

To  fee  the  earth  made  ibft  With  fhow'rs, 
Laden  with  fruit  and  dreft  in  fiow'rs. 

25  'Tis  from  his  wat'ry  flores  on  high, 
He  gives  the  thirfty  ground  fupply  ; 
He  walks  upon  the  clouds,  and  thence 
Doth  his  enriching  drops  difpenfe. 

•1 6  The  defert  grows  a  fruitful  field. 
Abundant  fruit  the  vallies  yield  ; 
The  vallies  mout  with  cheerful  voice., 
And  neighboring  hills  repeat  their  joys. 

17  The  paftures  fmile  in  green  array, 
There  lambs  and  larger  cattle  play  ; 
The  larger  cattle  and  the  lamb, 
Each  in  his  language  fpeaks  thy  name. 

18  Thy  works  pronounce  thy  pow'r  divine  J 
O'er  ev'ry  field  thy  glories  Chine  ; 


ioS  FSAL  M    LXVI. 

Thro'  ev'ry  month  thy  gifts  appear : 
Great  God,  thy  goodnefs  crowns  the  year. 


Pfalm  66 — common  metre. 

i   Q ING,  all  the  nations  to  the  Lord, 

O  Sing  with  a  joyful  noiie  ; 
With  melody  of  found  record 

His  honors  and  your  joys. 

2  Say  to  the  pow'r  that  form'd  the  fky, 
"  How  terrible  art  thou ! 

'*  Sinners  before  thy  prefence  fiy, 
"  Or  at  thy  feet  they  bow." 

3  Come  fee  the  wonders  of  our  God, 
How  glorious  are  his  ways  ! 

InMofes*  hand  he  put  the  rod, 
And  clave  the  frighted  feas. 

4  -He  made  the  ebbing  channel  dry, 

While  li'ra'l  pafs'd  the  flood  ; 
There  did  the  church  begin  their  joy, 
And  triumph  in  their  God. 

5  He  rules  by  his  refiftlefs  might : 
Will  rebel  mortals  dare 

Provoke  th'  Eternal  to  the  fight, 
And  tempt  that  dreadful  war  ? 

6  Oh,  blcfs  our  God,  and  never  ceafe  ; 
Ye  faints,  fulfil  his  praife  ; 

He  keeps  our  life,  maintains  cur  peace, 
And  guides  our  doubtful  ways. 

*]  Lord,  thou  haft  prov'd  our  fun'ring  fouls, 

To  make  cur  graces  mine  ; 
So  filver  bears  the  burning  coals, 

The  metal  to  refine. 

8  Thro'  wat'ry  deeps  and  iiery  ways 
We  march  at  thy  command, 


PSALM    LXVH.  109 

Led  to  poflefs  the  promis'd  place 
By  thine  unerring  hand. 

Part  2 — common  metre- 
9  Now  mail  my  folemn  vows  be  paid 

To  that  Almighty  pow'r 
That  heard  the  long  requefts  I  made 

In  my  diffcrefsful  hoar. 

10  My  lips  and  cheerful  heart  prepare 
To  make  his  mercies  known  : 

Come  ye  that  fear  my  God,  and  hear 
The  wonders  he  has  done, 

1 1  "When  on  my  head  huge  forrows  fell, 
I  fought  the  heav'nly  aid  ; 

He  fav'd  my  finking  foul  from  hell, 
And  death's  eternal  made. 

12  If  fin  lay  cover' d  in  my  heart 
While  pray'r  employ'd  my  tongue  5 

The  Lord  had  (hewn  rne  no  regard, 
Nor  I  his  praifes  fung. 

13  But  God  (his  name  be  ever  bleft.) 
Has  fet  my  fpirit  free  ; 

Nor  turn'd  from  him  my  poor  reqjieiL 
Nor  turn'd  his  heart  from  me. 


pfalm  67 — fhort  metre» 

1  HPO  blefs  thy  chofen  race 

A    In  mercy,  Lord,  incline  ; 
And  caufe  the  brightnefs  of  thy  face 
On  all  thy  faints  to  (bine. 

2  That  fo  thy  wond'rous  way 

May  through  the  world  be  known  5 
Wliilft  diftant  lands  their  tribute  pay, 
And  thy  faivation  own. 

G 


no  F  S  A  L  M     LXVII1. 

3  Let  diff'ring  nations  join, 
To  celebrate  thy  fame  ; 

£,et  all  the  world,  O  Lord,  combine     ' 
To  praife  thy  glorious  name. 

4  O  !  let  them  fhout  and  fmg, 
With  joy  and  pious  mirth  j, 

For  thou,  the  righteous  Judge  and  King, 
Shalt  govern  all  the  earth. 

5  Let  diff'ring  nations  join, 
To  celebrate  thy  fame  ; 

Let  all  the  world,  O  Lord,  combine, 
To  praife  thy  glorious  name. 

6  Then  mall  the  teeming  ground 
A  large  increafe  difcloi'e  y 

And  we  with  plenty  {hail  be-crown'd, 
Which  God,  our  God  beftows. 

7  Then  God  upon  our  land 
Shall  conftant  blefiings  fhow'r  ; 

And  all  the  world  in  awe  fhall  ftand 
Of  his  refcftlefs  pow'r. 


Pfalm  68 — long  metre. 

i   T    ET  God,  the  God  of  battle,  rife, 
JLi  And  icatter  his  prefumptuous  foes  ; 

Let  fhameful  rout  their  holt  furprife, 
Who  fpitefully  thy  pow'r  oppoie. 

2  As  fmoke  in  temper's  r2ge  is  loft, 
Or  wax  into  the  furnace  call ; 

So  let  their  facrilegious  hoft 

Before  his  watchful  prefence  wafce. 

3  But  let  the  fervants  of  his  will, 
His  favors  gentle  beams  enjoy, 

Their  upright  heart  let  gladnefs  fill, 

And  cheerful  fongs  their  tongues  employ*. 


PSALM    LXVIXI.  is 

4  To  him  your  voice  in  anthems  raife  ; 
JEHOVAH's  awful  name  he  bears  : 
In  him  rejoice,  extol  his  praife 
Who  rides  upon  high-rolling  ipheres. 

5  Him,  from  his  empire  of  the  ikies, 
To  this  low  world  companion  draws, 
The  orphan's  claim  to  patronize, 
And  judge  the  injur'd  widow's  caufe. 

6  'Tis  God  who  from  a  foreign  foil 
Reftores  poor  exiles  to  their  home  : 
Makes  captives  free  ;  and  fruitlefs  toil 
Their  proud  oppreffors  righteous  doom. 

7  'Twas  fo  of  old,  when  thou  didft  lead 
In  perfon,  Lord,  our  armies  forth  : 
Strange  terrors  through  the  delert  fpread? 
Convulfions  fhook  th'  aftonim'd  earth. 

8  The  breaking  clouds  did  rain  diiiil. 

And  heav'ns  high  arches  fhook  with  fear,,- 
How  then  mould  Sinai's  humble  hill 
Of  IfraeFs  God  the  prefence  bear  ? 

5>  Thy  hand,  at  famifh'd  earth's  complaint, 
Reliev'd  her  from  celeftial  flores  ; 
And  when  thy  heritage  was  faint, 
Affuag'd  the  drought  with  plenteous  ftiow'n 

fo  Where  favages  had  rang'd  before, 
At  eafe  thou  mad'ft  our  tribes  refide  ; 
And,  in  the  defert,  for  the  poor  ; 
s  Thy  gen'rous  bounty  did  provide. 

Part  2 — common  metre. 

ii  When  God  his  gracious  word  fent  forth, 

To  make  his  chofen  glad, 
Kurr  beis  from  eaft,  foutb,  weft  and  north, 

The  joyful  tidings  ipread*. 


in  PSALM    LXVIII. 

n  Great  kings  of  armies  fied  apace, 

And  met  a  fatal  foil  ; 
While  thofe  that  ilaid  at  heme,  with  eafe 

And  pieaiure  fhar'd  the  fpoil. 

15  Though  ye  among  the  pots  have  lain, 

Like  doves  (hall  ye  appear, 
With  filvei  wings  and  gold  divine, 

From  drofs  and  mixture  clear. 

14  When  God  the  potent  kings  expell'd 
From  Canaan  at  his  will, 

The  whitenefs  of  his  robes  excel"  d 
The  mow  of  Salmon's  h. 

15  The  hill  of  God,  his  chofen  feat, 
On  Z:c:vs  mount  is  found  : 

Not  Balhan's  hill  can  boaft  fuch  ftate, 
Nor  all  the  hills  around. 

16  Ye  lofty  hills,  why  leap  ye  fo  ? 
This  is'the  hill  of  God  : 

Here  hath  he  chofe  to  dwell,  and  lo  ! 
Kere  is  his  fix:d  abode. 

Part  3 — long  metre. 

17  Kis  chariots  numberlefs  ;  his  pov  "is 
Are  heav'nly  hoits,  that  wait  his  will 
His  prefence  now  fills  Sicn's  tow'rs, 
As  once  it  honor'd  Sinai's  hill. 

iS  Afcending,  high  in  triumph  thou 
Captivity  hail  captive  led  ; 
And  on  thy  people  didfl  bellow 
The  fpoil  of  armies,  once  their  dread. 

19  Ev*n  rebels  mail  partake  thy  grace, 
And  humble  profelytes  repair, 
To  wcrfhip  at  thy  dwelling  place, 
And  all  the  world  pay  homage  there. 


PSALM    LXVIII.  113 

Part  4 — long  metre. 

2a  We  blefs  the  Lord,  the  juft,  the  good, 
Who  tills  our  hearts  with  heav'nly  food 
Who  pours  his  bleffings  frol£>  the  ikies, 
And  loads  our  days  with  riclj  fupplies. 

21  He  fends  his  fun  his  circuit  round, 

To  cheer  the  fruits,  to  warm  the  ground  ; 
He  bids  the  clouds  with  plenteous  rain 
Refrefh  the  thirfty  earth  again. 

22  'Tis  to  his  care  we  owe  our  breath, 
And  all  our  near  efcapes  from  death  ; 
Safety  and  health  to  God  belong  ; 

He  heals  the  weak,  and  guards  the  ftrong. 

23  He  makes  the  faint  and  finner  prove 
The  common  bleffings  of  his  love  ; 
But  the  wide  difference  that  remains, 
Is  endlefs  joy,  or  endiefs  pains. 

24  The  Lord  that  bruis'd  the  ferpent's  head, 
On  all  the  ferpent's  feed  fhall  tread, 

The  ftubbom  fmner's  hope  confound, 
And  fmite  them  with  a  lafting  wound. 

25  But  his  right  hand  his  faints  mall  raife, 
From  the  deep  earth  or  deeper  feas, 
And  bring  them  to  his  courts  above  ; 
There  fhall  they  tafte  his  fpecial  love. 

Part  5 — long  metre. 

26  For  benefits,  each  day  beftow'd, 
Be  daily  his  great  name  ador'd  ; 
Who  is  our  Saviour  and  our  God, 

.  Of  life  and  death  the  fov'reign  Lord. 

47  Who,  mounted  on  the  loftieft  fphere 
Of  ancient  heav'n  fublimely  rides  ; 
From  whence  his  dreadful  voice  we  hear. 
Like  that  of  warring  winds  and  tides. 


ii4  PSALM    LXIX. 

28  Afcribe  ye  pow'r  to  God  on  high 
Of  humble  Ii'r'el  he  takes  care  ; 
Whole  ftrength,  from  out  tiie  dufky  Iky, 
Darts  Alining  terrors  through  the  air. 

29  How  dreadful  are  the  facred  courts 
Where  God  has  hx'dhis  earthly  throne  ! 
His  ftrength  his  feeble  faints  Supports, 
To  God  give  praife,  and  him  alone. 

Pfulm  69 — long  metre. 

1  QAVE  me,  O  God,  from  waves  that  roll, 
O   And  preis  to  overwhelm  my  foul  ; 
With  painful  fteps  in  mire  I  tread, 

And  deluges  o'erflow  my  head. 

2  With  refllefs  cries  my  fpirits  faint, 

My  voice  is  hoarfe  with  long  complaint, 
My  fight  decays  with  tedious  pain, 
Whiiit  for  my  God  I  wait  in  vain. 

3  My  hairs,  though  num'rous,  are  but  few, 
Compar'd  with  foes  that  me  purfue, 
With  groundlefs  hate,  grown  now  of  might 
To  execute  their  lawlels  fpite. 

4  For  zeal  to  thy  iov'd  houfe  and  name 
Confumes  me  like  devouring  flame  ; 
Concern'd  at  their  affronts  to  thee, 
More  than  at  flanders  call  on  me. 

5  But,  Lord,  to  thee  I  will  repair 

For  help,  with  humble  timely  pray'r  j 
Relieve  me  for  thy  mercy's  ftore  : 
Difplay  thy  truth's  preferring  pow'r. 

$  Controul  the  deluge,  ere  it  fpread, 
And  roll  its  waves  above  my  head  ; 
Nor  deep  destruction's  yawning  pit, 
To  clofe  her  jaws  on  me  permit. 


PSALM    LXIX.  115 

3  Reproach  and  grief  have  broke~my  heart  ; 
I  look'd  for  feme  to  take  my  part, 
To  pity  or  relieve  my  pain  ; 
But  look'd,  alas  I  for  both  in  vain. 

S  With  hunger  pin'd,  for  food  I  call  ;. 
Inftead  of  food  they  gave  me  gall : 
And  when  with  thirft  my  fpirits  fink, 
They  give  me  vinegar  to  drink. 

5>  Their  table  therefore  to  their  health 
Shall  prove  a  fhare,  a. trap  their  wealthy 
Perpetual  darknefs  feize  their  eyes, 
And  fudden  blafts  their  hopes  furprife. 

20  But  me,  howe'er  diftrefs'd  and  poor, 
Thy  ftrong  falvation  ihall  reftore  ; 
Thy  pow'r  with  longs  I'll  then  proclaim, 
And  celebrate  with  thanks  thy  name. 

11  Our  God  fhall  this  more  highly  prize, 
Than  herds  or  flocks  in  facrifice  : 
Which  humble  faints  with  joy  fhall  fee, 
And  hope  for  like  redrefs  with  me. 

s.2  For  God  regards  the  poor's  complaint  ; 
Sets  pris'ners  free  from  ciofe  reftramt : 
Let  heav'n,  earth,  fea,  their  voices  raife, 
And  all  the  world  refound  his  praife. 

j 3  For  God  will  S'ion's  walls  erecl:  : 
Fair  Judah's  cities  he'll  protect  j 
Till  ail  her  fcatter'd  fons  repair 
To  undifturb'd  poffeilions  there. 

£4  This  bleffmg  they  fhall  at  their  death 
To  their  religious  heirs  bequeath  ; 
And  they  to  enllei's  ages  more, 
■Of  fuch  as  his  blcft  name  adore.. 


ii6  PSALM     LXX. 

Part  z— common  metre. 

1 5  Father,  I  ling  thy  wond'rous  grace, 
I  blefs  my  Saviour's  name, 

He  bought  falvation  for  the  poor, 
And  bore  the  finners  fhame. 

1 6  His  deep  diftrefs  has  rais'd  us  high, 
His  duty  and  his  zeal 

Fulnll'dthe  law  which  mortals  broke, 
And  fmifh'd  all  thy  will. 

17  His  dying  groans,  his  living  fongs 
Shall  better  pleafe  my  God, 

Than  harp  or  trumpet's  folemn  found, 
Than  goats  or  bullocks'  blood. 

iS  This  fhall  his  humble  follow'rs  fee, 
And  fet  their  hearts  at  reft  ; 

They  by  his  death  draw  near  to  thee, 
And  live  forever  bleft. 

19  Let  heav'n  and  all  that  dwell  on  high 
To  God  their  voices  raife, 

While  lands  and  feas  aflift  the  fkv, 
And  join  t'  advance  his  praife. 

20  Sion  is  thine,  moft  holy  God, 
Thy  Son  fhall  blefs  her  gates  ; 

And  glory  purchas'd  by  his  blood 
For  thine  own  Ifr'el  waits. 


Pfalm  70 — common  metre. 

x  TN  hafte,  O  God,  attend  my  call, 
1   Nor  hear  my  cries  in  vain  ; 

Oh  let  thy  fpeed  prevent  my  fall, 
And  ftill  my  hope  fuftain. 

2  When  foes  infidious  wound  my  name, 
And  tempt  my  foul  affray, 


PSALM    LXXL 


Then  let  them  fall  with  lafting  fhame 
To  their  own  plots  a  prey. 

3  While  all  that  love  thy  name  rejoice, 
And  glory  in  thy  word, 

In  thy  fatvation  raife  their  voice, 
And  magnify  the  Lord. 

4  O  thou  my  help  in  time  of  need, 
Eehold  my  fore  difmay  ; 

In  pity  haften  to  my  aid, 
Nor  let  thy  grace  delay. 

Pfalm  71 — common  metre. 

i   "]V  /FY  God,  my  everlafting  hope, 
1VX     I  live  upon  thy  truth  ; 

Thine  hands  have  held  my  childhood,  up, 
And  ftrengthen'd  all  my  youth. 

2  My  flefh  was  fafhion'd  by  thy  pow'r, 
With  all  thefe  limbs  of  mine  ; 

And  from  my  mother's  painful  hour 
I've  been  entirely  thine. 

3  Still  has  my  life  new  wonders  feen 
Repeated  ev'ry  year  ; 

Behold  my  days  that  yet  remain, 
I  truft  them  to  thy  care. 

4  Carl  me  not  off  when  rcrength  declines, 
Wlien  hoary  hairs  arife  ; 

And  round  me  let  thy  glory  fhine, 
Whene'er  thy  fervant  dies. 

5  Then  in  the-hift'ry  of  my  age, 
When  men  review  my  days, 

They'll  read  thy  love  in  ev'ry  page, 
In  ev'ry  line  thy  praife. 

G  2 


117 


u8  PSALM    LXXI. 

Tart  2 — common  metre. 

6  My  Saviour,  my  almighty  friend, 
When  I  begin  thy  praiie, 

Where  will  the  growing  numbers  end, 
The  numbers  of  thy  grace  ? 

7  Thou  art  my  everlafting  truft, 
Thy  goodnefs  I  adore  : 

And  fmce  I  knew  thy  graces  firft 
I  fpeak  thy  glories  more. 

8  My  feet  fhall  travel  all  the  length 
Of  the  ceieftial  road, 

And  march  with  courage  in  thy  ftrength 
To  fee  my  father  God. 

9  When  I  am  fill'd  with  fore  diftrefs 
For  iome  furprifmg  fin  : 

I'll  plead  thy  perfect  righteoufnefs, 
And  mention  none  but  thine. 

xo  How  will  my  lips  rejoice  to  tell 

The  vidt'ries  of  my  king  ! 
My  foul,  redeem 'd  from  fin  and  hell, 

Shall  thy  falvation  fing. 

1 1  My  tongue  fhall  all  the  day  proclaim 
My  Saviour  and  my  God, 

His  death  has  brought  my  foes  to  fhame, 
And  fav'd  me  by  his  blood. 

12  Awi.ke,  awake  my  tuneful  pow'rs  j 
With  this  delightful  fong 

J'll  entertain  the  darkeft  hours, 
Nor  think  the  feafon  long. 

Part  3 — common  metre. 

xs  God  of  my  childhood,  and  my  youth, 
The  guide  of  all  zny  days. 


PSALM    LXXII.  ir9 

I  liave  declar'd  thy  heav'nly  truth, 
And  told  thy  wond'rous  ways. 

14  Wilt  thou  forfake  my  hoary  hairs, 
And  leave  my  fainting  heart  ; 

Who  ftiall  fun  am  my  finking  years 
If  God  my  flrength  depart  ? 

15  Let  me  thy  pow'r  and  truth  proclaim 
Before  the  rifing  age, 

And  leave  a  favor  of  thy  name 
When  I  (hall  quit  the  ft  age. 

16  The  land  of  filence  and  of  death 
Attends  my  next  remove  ; 

Oh  may  thefe  poor  remains  of  breath 
Teach  the  wide  world  thy  love  ! 

17  Thy  righteoufnefs  is  deep  and  high, 
Unlearchable  thy  deeds  ; 

Thy  glory  fpreads  beyond  the  fky, 
And  all  my  praife  exceeds. 

18  Oft  have  I  heard  thy  threat'nings  roar 
And  oft  endur'd  the  grief; 

But  when  thy  hand  has  preft  me  fore, 
Thy  grace  was  my  relief. 

39  By  long  experience  have  I  known 

Thy  fov'reign  pow'r  to  fave  ; 
At  thy  command  I  venture  down        > 

Securely  to  the  grave. 

ao  When  I  lye  buried  deep  in  dull, 

My  flefh  (hall  be  thy  care  ; 
Thefe  wither'd  limbs  with  thee  I  truft 

To  raife  them  ftrong  and  fair. 


Pfalm  72 — common  metre. 

1  T    ORD  let  thy  juft  decrees  the  king 
JL-4     In  all  his  ways  direct  y 


1 2D  P  S  A  L  M     LXX1I. 


And  let  his  fon,  throughout  his  reign, 
Thy  righteous  laws  refpeil. 

a  So  (hall  he  ft  ill  thy  people  judge 

With  pure  and  upright  mind, 
Whiift  all  the  helpleis  poor  (hall  him 

Their  juft  protestor  tind. 

3  Then  hills  and  mountains  (hall  bring  forth 
The  happy  fruits  of  peace  ; 

Which  all  the  land  ihall  own  to  be 
The  works  of  righteoufnefs. 

4  Whiift  he  the  poor  and  needy  race 
Shall  rule  with  gentle  fway,' 

And  from  their  humble  necks  {hall  take 
■Oppreflive  yokes  away. 

5  In  ev'ry  heart  thy  awful  fear. 
Shall  then  be  rooted  faft, 

As  long  as  fun  and  moon  endure, 
Cr  time  itielf  mail  laft. 

6  He  fhall  defcend  like  rain,  that  cheers 
The  meadow's  fecond  birth  ; 

Or  like  warm  fhow'rs,  whole  gentle  drops 
Refrefh  the  thirfty  earth. 

7  In  his  blefs'd  days  the  juft  and  good 
Shall  be  with  favor  crown'd  ; 

The  happy  land  fhall  ev'ry  where 
With  endlefs  peace  abound. 

8  His  uncontrol'd  dominion  fhall 
From  fea  to  fea  extend  ; 

Begin  at  proud  Euphrates'  ftreams, 
At  nature's  limits  end. 

9  To  him  the  favage  nations  round 
Shall  bow  their  fertile  heads  : 


PSALM    LXXIL 

His  vanquiih'd  foes  (hall  lick  the  duft 
Where  he  his  conqueft  fpreads. 

10  The  kings -of  Tarfhifh,  and  the  ifles, 

Shall  coftly  prefents  bring  ; 
From  fpicy  Sheba  gifts  {hall  come, 

And  wealthy  Saba's  king. 

ii  To  him  mall  ev'ry  king  on  earth 

His  humble  homage  pay  : 
And  differing  nations  gladly  join 

To  own  his  righteous  fway. 

12  For  he  (hall  fet  the  needy  free, 
When  they  for  fuccor  cry  ; 

Shall  fave  the  heiplels,  and  the  poor, 
And  all  their  wants  fupply. 

Part  2 — common  metre. 

13  His  providence  for  needy  fouls 
Shall  due  Supplies  prepare  ; 

And  over  their  defenceleis  lives 
Shall  watch  with  tender  care. 

14  He  mall  preferve  and  keep  their  fouls 
From  fraud  and  rapine  free  ; 

And  in  his  fight  their  guiltlefs  blood 
Of  mighty  price  fhall  be. 

15  Therefore  Stall  God  his  life  and  reign 
To  many  years  extend  ; 

WhiHl  e  aft  era  princes  tribute  pay, 
And  golden  prefents  fend. 

16  From  him  mail  confcant  pray'rs  be  made 
Through  all  his  profp'rous  days  : 

His  juft  dominion  fhall  afford 
A  laftmg  theme  of  praife. 

17  Of  ufeful  grain  through  all  the  land 
Grea*:  plenty  fhall  appear j 


tiz  PSALM    LXXIII. 

A  handful  fown  on  mountain-tops 
A  mighty  crop  fliall  bear. 

1 8  Its  fruits  like  cedars  fhook  by  winds, 
A  ratt'ling  noife  (hall  yield  : 

The  city  too  fhall  thrive,  and  vie, 
For  plenty,  with  the  field. 

19  The  mem'ry  of  his  glorious  name 
Through  endiefs  years  fhall  run  ; 

His  fpotlefs  fame  fliall  mine  as  bright 
And  lafting  as  the  fun. 

so  In  him  the  nations  of  the  world 

Shall  be  completely  blefs'd, 
And  his  unbounded  happinefs 

By  every  tongue  confefs'd. 

21  Then  blefs'd  be  God,  the  mighty  Lord, 
The  God  whom  Ifr'el  fears  ; 

Who  only  wond'rous  in  his  works 
Beyond  compare  appears. 

22  Let  earth  be  with  his  glory  fill'd  ; 
For  ever  blefs  his  name  ; 

Whilfl  to  his  praife  the  lift'ning  world 
Their  glad  affent  proclaim. 

Pfalm  73 — long  metre. 

1  AT  length  by  certain  proofs,  'tis  plain 
xl    That  God  will  to  his  faints  be  kind  I 

That  all  whofe  hearts  are  pure  and  clean 
Shall  his  protecting  favor  find. 

2  Till  this  fuftaining  truth  I  knew. 
My  ftagg'ring  feet  had  almoft  fail'd  : 

I  griev'd  tne  finners  Wealth  to  view, 
And  envy'd  when  the  fools  prevail'd. 

3  They  to  the  grave  in  peace  defcend, 
And,  whilfl  they  live  are  hale,  and  itrong  ; 


PSALM    LXXIII.  153 

No  plague  or  troubles  them  offend, 
Which  oft  to  other  men  belong. 

4  While  pride,  as  with  a  chain  they're  held. 
And  rapine  feems  their  robe  of  ftate  ; 

Their  eyes  ftand  out,  with  fatnels  fwell'd ; 
They  grow  beyond  their  willies  great. 

5  With  hearts  corrupt,  and  lofty  talk, 
Oppreffive  methods  they  defend  ; 

Their  tongue  thro'  all  the  earth  will  walk, 
Their  blafphemies  to  heav'n  afcend. 

6  And  yet  admiring  crouds  are  found, 
Who  fervile  viiits  duly  make  ; 

Becaufe  with  plenty  they  abound, 

Of  which  their  flatt'ring  flaves  partake. 

7  Their  fond  opinions  thefe  purfue, 
Till  they  with  them  profanely  cry, 

u  How  mould  the  Lord  our  actions  view  ? 
"  Can  he  perceive  who  dwells  fo  high  ?'* 

8  Behold  the  wicked  I  thefe  are  they 
Who  openly  their  fins  profefs  ; 

And  yet  their  wealth's  increas'd  each  day, 
And  all  their  actions  meet  fuccefs. 

9  "  Then  have  I  cleans'd  my  heart,  (faid  I,J 
"  And  wafh'd  my  hands  from  guilt  in  vain  ; 

"  If  all  the  day  opprefs'd  I  lie, 
"  And  ev'ry  morning  fuffer  pain." 

so  Thus  did  I  once  to  fpeak  intend  : 

But  if  fuch  things  I  rafhly  fay, 
Thy  children,  Lord,  I  muft  off  nd, 
And  bafely  mould  their  caufe  betray. 

Part  z — long  metre. 

x  i  To  fathom  this  my  thoughts  I  bent ;  • 
But  found  the  cafe  too  hard  for  me, 


j  24  PSALM     LXXIIL 

Till  to  the  houfe  of  God  I  went ; 
Then  I  their  end  did  plainly  fee. 

12  How  high  foe'er  advanc'd,  they  all 
On  ilipp'ry  places  loofely  ftand  ; 

Thence  into  ruin  headlong  fall, 

Call  down  by  thy  avenging  hand. 

13  How  dreadful  and  how  quick  their  fate  I 
Defpis'd  by  thee,  when  they're  deftroy'd  ; 

As  waking  men  with  fcorn  do  treat 

The  fancies  that  their  dreams  employ'd. 

14  Thus  was  my  heart  with  grief  oppreft, 
My  reins  were  rack'd  with  reftlefs  pains ; 

So  fhipid  was  I  like  a  beaft, 

Who  no  reflecting  thought  retains. 

15  Yet  ftill  thy  prefence  me  fupply'd, 
And  thy  right  hand  amftance  gave  : 

Thou  firft  {halt  with  thy  counfel  guide, 
And  then  to  glory  me  receive. 

1 5  Whom  then  in  heav'n  but  thee  alone 

Have  I  whofe  favor  I  require  ? 
Throughout  the  fpacious  earth  there's  none 

That  I  befides  thee  can  defire. 

27  My  trembling  flefh,  and  aching  heart, 

M?y  often  fail  to  fuccor  me  ; 
But  God  ihall  inward  ftrength  impart, 

And  my  eternal  portion  be. 

18  For  they  that  far  from  thee  remove 
Shall  into  fudden  ruin  fall  ; 

If  after  other  gods  they  rove, 

Thy  veng'ance  lhall  deftroy  them  all. 

19  But  as  forme,  'tis  good  and  juft 
That  I  mould  ftill  to  God  repair  ; 

In  him  I  always  put  my  truft, 

And  wiH  his  wond'rous  woiks  declare. 


PSALM    LXXIII.    LXXIVa       125 

Part  3 — fhort  metre. 

to  Sure  there's  a  righteous  God, 

Nor  is  religioti  vain  : 
Though  men  of  vice  may  boaft  aloud. 

And  men  of  grace  complain. 

jrx  I  faw  the  wicked  rife, 

And  felt  my*  heart  repine, 
While  haughty  fools  with  fcornful  eyes, 

In  robes  of  honor  fhine. 

i%  The  tumult  of  my  thought 

Held  me  in  hard  fufpence, 
Till  to  thy  houfe  my  feet  were  brought 

To  iearn  thy  juftice  thence. 

23  Thy  word  with  light  and  pow'r, 
Did  my  miftake  amend  ; 

J  view'd  the  fmners  life  before, 
But  here  I  learnt  their  end. 

24  On  what  a  flipp'ry  fteep 
The  thoughtlefs  wretches  go  ; 

And  oh  that  dreadful  fiery  deep, 
That  waits  their  fall  below  I 

25  Lord  at  thy  feet  I  bow, 

My  thoughts  no  more  repine  : 
I  call  my  God  my  portion  now, 
And  all  my  pow'rs  are  thine* 


Pfalm  74 — common  metre* 

1  TTT'ILL  God  forever  caft  us  off, 

VV     His  wrath  forever  fmoke 
Againft  the  people  of  his  love, 
His  little  chofen  flock  ? 

2  Think  of  the  tribes  fo  dearly  bought 
With  their  Redeemer's  blood  ; 


i*>  PSALM    LXXIV, 

Nor  let  thy  Sion  be  forgot, 
Where  once  thy  glory  flood. 

3  Lift  up  thy  feet  and  march  in  hafte, 
Aloud  our  ruin  calls  ; 

See  what  a  wide  and  fearful  wafte 
Is  made  within  thy  walls. 

4  Where  once  thy  churches  pray'd  and  fang 
Thy  foes  profanely  rage  ; 

Amid  thy  gates  their  enfigns  hang, 
And  there  their  hofts  engage. 

5  How  are  the  feats  of  worfhip  broke  ? 
They  tear  the  buildings  down, 

And  he  that  deals  the  heavieft  ftroke 
Procures  the  chief  renown. 

6  With  flames  they  threaten  to  deftroy 
Thy  children  in  their  reft  ; 

Come  let  us  burn  at  once,  they  cry, 
The  temple  and  the  prieft. 

7  And  (till  to  heighten  our  diftrefs, 
Thy  prefence  is  withdrawn  ; 

Thy  wonted  figns  of  pow'r  and  grace  j 
Thy  pow'r  and  grace  are  gone. 

8  No  prophet  fpeaks  to  calm  our  grief, 
But  ail  in  filence  mourn  ; 

Nor  know  the  times  of  our  relief, 
The  hour  of  thy  return. 

9  How  long,  eternal  God,  how  long, 
Shall  men  of  pride  blafpheme  ? 

Shall  faints  be  made  their  endlefs  fong, 
And  bear  immortal  fhame. 

to  Canft  thou  forever  fit  and  hear 

Thine  holy  name  profan'd  ? 
And  ftiii  thy  jealoufy  forbear, 

And  ftili  withhold  thine  hand  > 


PSALM     LXXV.  127 

1 1  What  ftrange  deliv'rance  haft  thou  fhown 
In  ages  long  before  ! 

And  now  no  other  God  we  own, 
No  other  God  adore. 

12  Thou  didft  divide  the  raging  fea 
By  thy  refiftiefs  might, 

To  make  thy  tribes  a  wond'rous  way, 
And  then  feeure  their  flight. 

13  Is  not  the  world  of  nature  thine, 
The  darknefs  and  the  day  ? 

Didft  thou  not  bid  the  morning  mine, 
And  mark  the  fun  his  way  ? 

14  Hath  not  thy  pow'r  form'd  ev'ry  coaft, 
And  let  the  earth  its  bounds, 

With  fummer's  heat,  and  winter's  froft. 
In  their  perpetual  rounds  ? 

15  And  mail  the  fons  of  earth  and  duft 
That  facred  pow'r  blafpheme  ? 

Will  not  thy  hand  that  form'd  them  firft 
Avenge  thine  injur'd  name. 

16  Think  on  the  cov'nant  thou  haft  made, 
And  all  thy  words  of  love  ; 

Nor  let  the  birds  of  prey  invade, 
And  vex  thy  trembling  dove. 

17  Our  foes  will  triumph  in  our  blood, 
And  make  our  hope  their  jeft  ; 

Plead  mine  own  caufe,  Almighty  God, 
And  give  thy  children  reft. 

Pfalm  75 — long  metre. 

i  npo  thee,  moft  high  and  holy  God, 

•I-    To  thee  our  thankful  hearts  we  raife  j 
Thy  works  declare  thy  name  abroad, 

Thy  wond'rous  works  demand  our  praife* 


xz8  PSALM     LXXVI. 

2  To  llav'ry  doom'd,  thy  chofen  fon* 
Beheld  their  foes  triumphant  rife  ; 

And  fore  oppreit  by  earthly  thrones, 
They  fought  the  Sov'reign  of  the  flues. 

3  'Twas  then,  great  God,  with  equal  pow'r, 
Arole  thy  veng'ance  and  thy  grace, 

To  fcourge  their  legions  from  the  more, 
And  lave  the  remnant  of  thy  race. 

4  Thy  hand  that  form'd  the  reftlefs  main, 
And  rear'd  the  mountain's  awful  head, 

Bade  raging  feas  their  courfe  reftrain, 
And  deiert  wilds  receive  their  dead. 

5  Such  wonders  never  come  by  chance 
Nor  can  the  winds  fuch  blefhngs  blow  ; 

*Tis  God  the  judge  can  one  advance, 
'Tis  God  that  lays  another  low. 

6  Let  haughty  tyrants  fink  their  pride, 
Nor  lift  fo  high  their  haughty  head  ; 

But  lay  their  impious  thoughts  afide, 
.    And  own  the  empire  God  hath  made. 


Pfalm  76— particular  metre. 

1  TN  Judah  the  Almighty's  known  ; 

1  Almighty  there,  by  wonders  mown  ; 

His  name  in  Jacob  does  excel  : 
His  fandtuary  in  Salem  ftands  : 
The  majefty  that  heav'n  commands 

In  Sion  condefcends  to  dwell. 

2  He  brake  the  bow  and  arrows  there, 

The  (hield,  the  temper'd  fword,  and  fpear, 
There  flain  the  mighty  army  lay  : 

Whence  Skm'sfame  thro'  earth  is  fpread, 

Of  greater  glory,  greater  dread, 
Than  hills  where  robbers  lodge  their  prey. 


PSALM    LXXVII.  iz  9 

3  Their  valiant  chiefs,  who  come  for  fpoii, 
Themfelves  met  there  a  fhameful  foil ;    - 

Securely  down  to  fleep  they  lay  ; 
But  wak'd  no  more  :  their  ftouteft  band 
Ne'er  lifted  one  refilling  hand 

'Gainft  his  that  did  their  legions  flay. 

4  When  Jacob's  God  began  to  frown, 
Both  horfe  and  charioteers  overthrown, 

Together  flept  in  endlefs  night  : 
When  thou,  whom  earth  and  heav'n  revere, 
Doft  once  with  wrathful  look  appear, 

What  mortal  pow'r  can  ftand  the  light  ?■ 

5  Pronounc'd  from  heav'n  earth  heard  its  doom 
Grew  huili'd  with  fear,  when  thou  didft  come. 

The  meek  with  juftice  to  reftore  : 
The  wrath  of  man  mall  yield  thee  praife  ; 
Its  laft  attempts  but  ferve  to  raife 

The  triumphs  of  almighty  pow'r. 

6  Vow  to  the  Lord  ye  nations  bring  ; 
Vow'd  prefents  to  th'  eternal  King  : 

Thus  to  his  name  due  rev'rence  pay  ; 
Who  proudeft  potentates  can  quell, 
To  earthly  kings  more  terrible, 

Than  to  their  trembling  fubjects  they. 


Pfalm  77— common  metre. 

i  rT"10  God  I  cry'd  with  mournful  voice 

-L       I  fought  his  gracious  ear, 
In  the  fad  hour,  when  trouble  rofe, 
And  fill'd  my  heart  with  fear. 

2  Sad  were  my  days,  and  dark  my  nights, 

Mv  foul  refus'd  relief  ; 
I  thought  on  God,  the  "jufl  and  wife, 

But  thoughts  increas'd  my  grief. 


i3o  PSALM    LXXVIL 

S  .Still  I  complain'd  and  ftill  oppreft, 

My  heart  began  to  break  ; 
My  God,  thy  wrath  forbade  my  reft, 

And  kept  my  eyes  awake. 

4  My  overwhelming  forrows  grew, 
Till  I  could  fpeak  no  more  ; 

Then  I  within  myielf  withdrew, 
And  call'd  thy  judgments  o'er. 

5  I  call'd  back  years  and  ancient  times 
When  I  beheld  thy  face  ; 

My  fpirit  fearch'd  for  fecret  crimes 
That  might  withhold  thy  grace. 

6  I  call'd  thy  mercies  to  my  mind, 
Which  I  enjoy'd  before  ; 

And  will  the  Lord  no  more  be  kind  ; 
His  face  appear  no  morf, 

7  Will  he  forever  call  me  off  ? 
His  promife  ever  fail  ? 

Has  he  forgot  his  tender  love  ? 
Shall  anger  ftill  prevail  ? 

8  Eut  I  forbid  this  hopelefs  thought, 
This  dark  defpairing  frame, 

Rememb'ring  what  thy  hand  hath  wrought ; 
Thy  hand  is  ftill  the  fame. 

9  I'll  think  again  of  all  thy  ways, 
And  talk  thy  wonders  o'er, 

Thy  wonders  of  recov'ring  grace, 
When  fiefh  could  hope  no  more. 

so  Grace  dwelt  with  juftice  on  the  throne  ; 

And  men  that  love  thy  word, 
Have  in  thy  fancluary  known 
The  couniels  of  the  Lord, 


PSALM    LXXVII.  131 

Part  2 — common  metre. 

11  "  How  awful  is  thy  chaft'nmg  rod  I 
"  (May  thy  own  children  fay) 

*'  The  great,  the  wife,  the  dreadful  God  1 
"  How  holy  is  his  way  !" 

12  I'll  meditate  his  works  of  old, 
Who  reigns  in  heav'n  above  ; 

I'll  hear  his  ancient  wonders  told, 
And  learn  to  truft  his  love. 

13  He  faw  the  houfe  of  Jofeph  lie 
With  Egypt's  yoke  oppreft  ; 

Long  he  deiay'd  to  hear  their  cry, 
Nor  gave  his  people  reft. 

14  The  fons  of  pious  Jacob  feem'd 
Abandon'd  to  their  foes  ; 

But  his  almighty  arm  redeem'd 
The  nation  whom  he  chofe. 

1 5  From  flavifh  chains  he  fet  them  free 
They  follow  where  he  calls  ; 

He  bade  them  venture  through  the  fea, 
And  made  the  waves  their  wails. 

16  The  waters  faw  thee,  mighty  God, 
The  waters  faw  thee  corne  ; 

Backward  they  fled,  and  frighted  flood, 
To  give  thine  armies  room. 

17  Strange  was  thy  journey  through  the  fea,, 
4§>hy  footfteps,  Lord,  unknown  ; 

Terrors  attend  the  wond'rous  way 
That  brings  thy  mercies  down. 

iS  Thy  voic2  with  terror  in  the  found 
Thro'  cloads  and  darknefs  broke  ; 

All  heav'n  in  lightning  fhone  around 
And  earth  with  thunder  fhook. 


i32  PSALM    LXXVIII. 

19  Thine  arrows  thro'  the  Ikies  were  huri'd, 

How  glorious  is  the  Lord  ! 
Surpriie  and  tremb'ling  feiz'd  the  world, 

And  all  his  faints  ador'd. 

ao  He  gave  them  water  from  the  rock  ; 

And  fafe  by  Mofes's  hand, 
Thro'  a  dry  defert  led  his  flock 

To  Canaan's  promis'd  land. 


Pfalm  78 — particular  metre. 

HEAR,  O  my  people,  to  my  law 
Your  moll  devout  attention  lend  ; 
Let  the  inftruttions  of  my  mouth, 
Deep  in  your  faithful  hearts  delcend, 
My  tongue  mall  parables  unfold, 
And  bring  to  light  dark  things  of  old  ; 

Which  our  fore-fathers'  pious  care, 
From  ancient  times  have  handed  down  ; 
Nor  will  he  hide  them  from  our  fons, 
But  to  our  offspring  make  them  known, 
That  they  the  praifes  may  be  taught 
Of  God,  who  hath  fuch  wonders  wrought, 

For  Jacob  he  this  law  ordain'd, 
This  folemn  league  for  Ifr'el  made, 
With  charge  to  be  from  age  to  age, 
From  race  to  race  with  care  convey'd  j 
To  be  transmitted  to  their  heirs, 
Which  they  again  might  give  to  theirs. 

That  they  might  God's  commands  obey. 
And  in  his  itrength  their  fafety  place  ; 
And  not  like  their  fore-fathers,  prove 
A  ftubborn  and  rebellious  race. 
Who  ilill  the  path  of  error  trod, 
Nor  put  their  fledfaft  hope  in  God. 


PSALM     LXXVIII.  133 

5  Such  were  revolting-  Epbraim's  Tons, 
Who  from  the  field  ignobly  fled  ; 
Tho'  ikilful  archers  arm'd  with  bows, 
And  to  a  conftant  warfare  bred  ; 
Tho'  God  to  them  his  works  diiplay'd, 
Yet  they  his  orders  difobey'd. 

6  The  wonders  which  their  fathers  faw, 
They  in  their  minds  did  not  retain  1 
Prodigious  things  in  Egypt  done, 
And  miracles  in  Zoan's  plain  : 

For  them  he  did  the  fea  divide, 
And  pil'd  in  heaps  the  preffing  tide, 

7  A  wond'rous  pillar  led  them  on, 
Compos' d  of  {hade  and  radiant  light  5 
A  melt'ring  cloud  it  prov'd  by  day, 
And  was  a  leading  fire  by  night. 
Thus  went  they  thro'  a  defert  land, 
Conducted  by  his  powerful  hand. 

8  When  drought   opprefs'd   them,     where   no 
The  parched  wildernefs  fupply'd,       [{beams 
He. cleft  the  rock  whole  flinty  breaft 
Diilblv'd  into  a  cooling  tide, 

Which  down  in  plenteous  rivers  fell, 
And  prov'd  a  conftant  miracle. 

9  Yet  there  they  fin'd  again  ft  him  more, 
:  Provoking  ftill  the  Lord  moft  high, 

In  that  fame  defert,  where  he  did 
Their  fainting  fouls  with  ftrengih  fupply  °? 
His  paw'r  fupreme,  they  did  difturb, 
And  long'd  for  meat  to  feed  their  luft. 

10  Then  utter'd  their  blafphemous  doubts, 
"  Can  God,  fay  they,  for  us  prepare 
"  A  table  in  the  wildernefs, 
(i  And  fet  it.  out  with  various  fare  ? 

n 


j34  PSALM     LXXVIIL 

"  'Tis  true,  he  did  the  rock  divide, 
"  But  can  he  corn  and  fleih  provide  ?"' 

ii  The  Lord  with  indignation  heard, 
And  from  the  heavens  avenging  flame 
On  Jacob  fell  j  confuming  wrath 
On  moil  ungrateful  Ifr'el  came  ; 
For  they  would  not  in  God  confide, 
Who  had  fo  oft  their  wants  fupply'd. 

12  Tho'  God  had  from  the  fruitful  clouds. 
Around  their  <*amp  his  manna  ipread, 
And  had  with  angels'  facred  food, 
Ungrateful  man  in  plenty  fed  ; 
Which  from  his  own  celeitiai  itores, 
Was  rained  down  in  frequent  Ihow'rs. 

j  3  From  heav'n  he  made  an  eaft  wind  blow, 
And  likewife  did  the  ibuth  command 
To  rain  down  flefh,  like  duft,  and  fowls 
Like  the  fea-fhore's  unnumber'd  lands, 
Around  their  tents  an  eafy  prey, 
The  flutt'ring  feathcr'd  booty  lay. 

14  Thus  gave  he  them  their  heart's  defire,. 
And  they  luxurous  eat  the  fame  ; 
Eut  whilft  the  meat  was  in  their  mouths, 
God's  heavy  wrath  upon  them  came  j 
He  flew  the  wealthiest  of  them  all, 
And  Ifrael's  chief  waj  made  to  fall. 


Fart  2— particular  metre. 

15  Yet  ftill  they  fmn'd,  nor  would  afford 
His  wond'rous  miracles  belief; 
Therefore  thro'  fruitlefs  travels,  he 
Confum'd  their  lives  in  wafting  grief  ; 
When  fome  were  (lain,  with  early  cry, 
They  turn'd  and  fought  the  Lord  molt  high, 


P  S  A  L  M    LXXVIIL  135 

16  But  this  was  feign' d  fabmiinon  all, 

Their  treach'rous  hearts  their  tongues  bely'cL 

They  ftiil  remain'd  perverfe,  nor  would 

Firm  as  his  covenant  abide  ; 

And  yet  his  anger  did  not  rife, 

Nor  would  with  death  their  fins  chaftifec 

3:7  For  he  remember'd  they  were  flefh, 
And  could  not  long  on  earth  remain  ; 
A  murm'ring  wind  that's  quickly  pair, 
And  never  more  returns  again  : 
His  mercy  knew  they  were  but  frail, 
And  would  not  let  his  wrath  prevail. 

1 8  How  oft  did  they  provoke  him  there  T 
How  oft  did  they  his  patience  grieve.  ! 
In  that  fame  defert,  where  he  did 
Their  fainting  fouls  with  food  relieve, 
They  turned  back  and  faithlefs  prov'd^ 
And  Ifrael's  Go'd  to  anger  mov'd. 

•19  Nor  did  they  call  to  mind  the  day, 
When  God,  with  his  almighty  hand, 
Deliver'd  them  from  all  their  foes, 
And  fhow'd  his  figns  in  Egypt's  land, 
When  he  their  tribes  from  bondage  brought 
And  wond'rous  things  in  Zoan  wrought. 

20  Their  rivers,  that  they  might  not  drink, 
Were  turn'd  to  blood  at  his  command  ; 
Devouring  Hies  in  thickeft  fwarms  ; 
And  frogs  were  fent  to  plague  the  land  ; 
Locufts  and  worms  o'eripread  thsir  foil, 
And  reaprd  the  harveft  of  their  toil. 

jai  Their  vines  with  batt'ring  hail  were  broke 
With  pinching  froil  the  fig-tree  dies  ; 
Lightning  and  hail  made  flocks  and  herds 
To-  fall  one  gen'ral  facrifice. 


$$6  ?SAL  M     LXXVIIL 

His  wrath  their  trouble  to  increaie, 
By  evil  angels  broke  their  peace. 

a  2  He  clear'd  a  paflage  for  his  wrath, 
Nor  would  his  anger  tierce  ccntroul  j 
But  gave  their  life  a  pcftilence, 
Nor  ipard  from  death  the  fainting  foul. 
Upon  their  heirs  deitrudion  came, 
The  iirit-bora  in  the  tents  of  Ham. 

23  But  his  own  tribe,  like  folded  (heep, 
He  brought  in  fafety  from  diftrefs, 
And  like  a  flock,  conducted  them 
Thro'  a  long  barren  wildernefs  ; 
Their  foes  were  in  the  ocean  drown'd, 
But  they  no  caufe  of  terror  found. 

24  Nor  ceas'd  ms  care,  till  them  he  brought 
In  fafety  to  the  promis'd  land  : 

And  to  his  holy  mount,  the  prize 
Obtain'd  by  his  victorious  hand  ; 
For  them  he  did  his  arm  extend, 
And  from  the  foe  their  hofts  defend. 

35  To  them,  the  outcaft  heathen's  land, 
He  did  in  equal  lots  divide  ; 
A.nd  in  their  foe's  abandon'd  tents, 
Made  lirael's  tribe  fecure  abide  : 
For  them  he  quell'd  the  nations  round, 
And  piae'd  them  on  the  promis'd  ground. 


Part  3 — 'particular  metre. 

26  But  ftill  they  tempted,  Hill  provok'd 
The  anger  of  the  Lord  raoft  high  ; 
Nor  would,  to  practice  his  commands 
Their  moft  rebellious  hearts  apply  : 
But  turn'd  liice  a  deceitful  bow, 
And  in  their  father's  fteps  would  go, 


PSALM    LXXVIIL  137 

27  For  God  to  fury  they  provok'd, 
With  idol  altars  let  on  high, 
And  with  their  graven  image.s, 
Innam'd  to  wrath  his  jealoufy  ; 
On  Ifrael  then  his  hatred  fell, 

And  Shiloh  where  he  lov'd  to  dwell. 

28  To  vile  captivity,  his  ark, 

His  ftrength  and  glory  to  difdain, 
His  people  to  the  fword  he  gave, 
Nor  would  his  awful  wrath  reftrain  : 
Amongft  their  youth  his  anger  fpread, 


29  In  fight  the  facrificer  fell, 

The  prieft  himfelf  a  victim  bled  ; 
Nor  were  there  any  widows  left, 
Who  fliould  with  tears  lament  the  dead, 
Then  like  a  giant  ftrong  with  wine, 
The  Lord  awak'd  in  wrath  divine  : 

30  He  fmote  his  foes,  that  from  the  field 
Their  vanquilh'd  fcatter'd  remnants  came*. 
With  wounds  imprinted  on  their  backs, 
The  marks  of  everlafting  fhame  : 

The  tents  of  Jofeph  he  forfook, 
Nor  Ephraim  for  His  dwelling  took  : 

3 1  But  Judah's  favor'd  tribe  he  chofe, 
And  made  his  own  peculiar  care  ; 
On  Sion's  mount  his  temple  built, 
And  fix'd  its  ftrong  foundations  there 
From  fheep-folds  he  did  David  bring, 
And  over  Judah  made  him  king. 

32  From  tending  on  the  teeming  ewes 
He  brought  his  fervant  forth  to  feed 
His  people,  and  inheritance, 

The  tribes  of  Ifr'el's  chofen  feed : 

H2 


x38  ?  S  A  L  M    LXXIX. 

And  he  a  faithful  fhepherd  ftill, 
Fed  and  conducted  them  with  fkill. 


Pfalm  79 — peculiar  metre, 
i  '"T'HE  heathen  hofts,  O  God  ! 

J.      Have  thy  poflemon  ieiz'd  ; 
Thy  facred  houfe  defil'd, 
Thy  holy  city  raz'd. 

2  The  bodies  of  thy  faints 
Abroad  unbury'd  lay, 

Their  fiefli  expos'd  to  beafts, 
Or  rav'nous  birds  of  prey. 

3  Their  blood,  like  water,  was 
Around  Jerus'lem  Ihed  ; 

And  none  were  left  to  pay, 
The  duties  to  the  dead  : 

4  The  foe  our  fmall  remains, 
With  loud  reproaches  wound  ; 

And  we  are  made  the  fport 
Of  all  the  nations  round. 

5  How  long  wilt  thou  be  wroth  ? 
Lord,  muft  we  ever  mourn  ? 

Andfhall  thy  jealous  rage, 
Like  fire  forever  burn  ? 

5  On  lands  that  know  not  thee, 
Thy  heavy  vengeance  fhow'r  ; 

Thole  kingdoms  let  it  crufh, 

That  have  not  own'd  thy  pow'r. 

7  Their  hungry  jaws  have  prey'd 

On  Jacob's  chofen  race, 
And  to  a  defert  turn'd, 

Their  fruitful  dwelling  place. 

S  O  think  not  on  my  nns. 
But  fpeedily prevent 


PSALM    LXXX.  139 

The  ruin  of  thy  faints 

Almoft  with  forrow  fpent. 

9  Thy  help,  O  God,  impart, 

And  free  our  fouls  from  blame, 
So  ihall  thy  wond'rous  love 

Exalt  thy  glorious  name. 

xo  Let  infidels  that  fay, 

"  Where  is  the  God  they  boaft  ?" 
In  veng'ance,  for  thy  faints, 

Perceive  thee  to  their  coft. 

1 1  Lord,  hear  the  pris'ner's  moans  I 

Thy  laving  pow'r  extend  ; 
Preferve  them  doom'd  to  die, 

From  their  untimely  end  ! 

iz  Thofe  who  blafpheme  thy  name, 

Do  thou,  O  God,  deftroy  : 
Againft  the  nations  round, 

Refiftiefs  pow'r  employ. 

13  As  they  have  us  oppreft  ; 
So  fhall  they  be  repaid, 

With  forrow s  feven  times  more 
Than  what  on  us  they  laid. 

14  Thus  we  thy  humble  flock, 
Shall  ever  praife  thy  name  ; 

And  our  unweary'd  thanks, 
From  age  to  age  proclaim. 


Ffalm  80 — long  metre. 

1  f~\  Ifr'el's  Shepherd,  Jofeph's  Guide, 
V-/  Our  pray'rs  to  thee  vouchfafe  to  hear  ; 

Thou  that  dolt  on  the  cherubs  ride, 
Again  in  folemn  Hate  appear. 

2  Behold  how  Benjamin  expedls, 
With  Ephraira  and  Manaffeh  join'd 


i4o  PSALM     LXXX. 

In  our  deliv'rance,  the  effects 
Of  thy  refiftlefs  ftrength  to  find. 

3  Do  thou  convert  us,  Lord,  do  thou 
The  luftre  of  thy  face  difplay  ; 

And  all  the  ills  we  fuffer  now, 

Like  fcatter'd  clouds  fliall  pafs  away. 

4  O  thou,  whom  heav'nly  hofts  obey, 
How  long  fhall  thy  fierce  anger  burn  ? 

How  long  thy  fuff'ring  people  pray, 
And  to  their  pray 'rs  have  no  return  ? 

5  When  hungry,  we  are  forced  to  drench 
Our  fcanty  food  in  floods  of  woe  ; 

When  dry,  our  raging  thirft  we  quench 
With  ftreams  of  tears  that  largely  flow. 

6  For  us  the  heathen  nations  round, 
As  for  a  common  prey,  conteft  : 

Our  foes  with  fpiteful  joy  abound, 
And  at  our  loft  condition  jeft. 

7  Do  thou  convert  us  Lord,  do  thou 
The  luftre  of  thy  face  difplay  ; 

And  all  the  ills  we  fuffer  now, 

Like  fcatter'd  clouds  fliall  pafs  away. 

Part  % — long  metre. 

8  Thou  brought'ft  a  vine  from  Egypt's  land  ; 
And,  calling  out  the  heathen  race, 

Didft  plant  it  with  thy  own  right  hand  ; 
And  firmly  fix'd  it  in  their  place. 

9  Before  it  thou  prepar'dft  the  way, 
And  mad'ft  it  take  a  lading  root  ; 

Which  bleft  with  thy  indulgent  ray, 
O'er  all  the  land  did  widely  (hoot. 

xo  The  hills  were  cover'd  with  its  fhade, 
Its  goodly  boughs  did  cedars  feem ; 


PSALM     LXXX. 

Its  branches  to  the  fea  were  fpread, 

And  reach'd  to  proud  Euphrates'  ftream. 

ii  Why  then  haft  thou  its  hedge  o'erthrown 
Which  thou  haft  made  fo  firm  and  ftrong  ? 

Whilft  all  its  grapes  defencelefs  grow, 
Are  pluck'd  by  thofe  that  pafs  along. 

12  See  how  the  briftling  foreft  boar 
With  dreadful  fury  laid  it  wafce  ; 

Hark,  how  the  favage  monfters  roar, 

And  to  their  helplefs  prey  make  hafte. 

Part  3 — long  metre. 

13  To  thee,  O  God  of  hofts,  we  pray, 
Thy  wonted  goodnefs,  Lord,  renew ; 

From  heav'n  thy  throne  this  vine  furvey, 
And  her  fad  ftate  with  pity  view. 

14  Behold  the  vineyard  made  by  thee, 
Which  thy  right  hand  did  guard  fo  long  : 

And  keep  that  branch  from  danger  free, 
•  Which  for  thyielf  thou  mad'ft  fo  ftrong. 

15  To  wafting  flames  'tis  made  a  prey, 
And  all  its  fpreadrag  boughs  cut  down  ; 

At  thy  rebuke  they  foon  decay, 

And  perifh  at  thy  dreadful  frown. 

16  Crown  thou  Meffiah  with  fuccefs, 

By  thy  right  hand  fecur'd  from  wrong  : 
The  Son  of  man  in  mercy  blefs, 

Whom  for  thyfelf  thou  mad'ft  fo  ftrong, 

17  So  (hall  we  ftill  continue  free 

From  whatfoe'er  deferves  thy  blame  ; 
And  if  once  more  reviv'd  by  thee, 
Will  always  praife  thy  holy  name. 

18  Do  thou  convert  us,  Lord,  do  thou 
The  iuftre  of  thy  face  difplay  ; 


i4*  PSALM     LXXXi:* 

And  all  the  ills  we  fuffer  now, 

Like  icatter'd  clouds  fhall  pafs  away. 

Pfalm   iS — long  metre. 

i  HPO  God,  our  never  failing  ftrength, 
X     With  glad  applaufes,  loudly  fing  ; 
And  jointly  make  a  cheerful  noife, 
To  Jacob's  great  and  awful  King. 

2  Compofe  a  lofty  hymn  of  praife, 
And  touch  your  inftruments  of  joy, 

Let  pfalteries  and  pleafant  harps, 

With  warbimg  lutes  your  fkill  employ. 

3  Let  trumpets  at  the  great  new  moon, 
Their  animating  voices  raife, 

To  celebrate  the  joyful  time, 

.    Th'  appointed  folemn  day  of  praife. 

4  For  this  a  ftatute  was  of  old, 
Which  Jacob's  God  himfelf  decreed. 

To  be  with  pious  care  obferv'd, 
For  time  to  come,  by  Ifrael's  feed. 

5  This  he,  for  a  memorial  fix'd 

In  Joieph,  freed  from  Egypt's  land  ; 
Strange  nations,  barb'rous  ipeech  we  heard, 
A  Ipeech  we  could  not  underftand. 

6  "  Your  burden'd  moulders  I  reliev'd," 
Thus  ieem'd  our  gracious  God  to  fay  ; 

"  And  by  my  pow'r  your  fervile  hands, 
"  Were  freed  from  lab'ring  in  the  clay.'* 

7  Your  anceftors  with  wrongs  opprefs'd, 
For  timely  help  did  call  on  me  ; 

With  pity  I  their  fufFrings  faw, 

And  from  their  troubles  fet  them  free. 

S  They  fought  for  me,  and  from  the  clouds 
In  awful  thunder  I  reply'd, 


PSALM     LXXXI.  1,45 

At  Meribah's  contentious  ft  ream 
Their  faith  and  duty  both  were  try'd. 

Part  2 — long  metre. 

Whilft  I  my  folemn  will  declare, 
Do  thou  my  choien  people  hear  ; 
It  thou,  O  llrael,  to  my  words 
Wilt  careful  lend  a  lift'ning  ear, 

10  Then  mail  no  god  befide  myfelf, 
Within  thy  limits  e'er  be  found, 
Nor  (halt  thou  worfhip  any  god 
Adored  by  the  nations  round. 

ri  The  Lord  thy  God  am  I  alone, 

Who  brought  thee  out  of  Egypt's  land  j 
'Tis  I  that  all  thy  juft  defires 
Do  ftill  fupply  with  lib'ral  hand. 

12  But  they,  my  chofen  race,  refus'd, 
*To  hearken  to  my  gracious  voice  •■, 
Nor  would  rebell'ous  Ifrael's  fons' 
Make  me,  with  confidence,  their  choice, 

13  So  I  provok'd,  refign'd  them  up, 
To  ev'ry  wicked  iuft  a  prey  ; 
And  in  their  own  perverfe  deligns 
Permitted  them  to  go  aftray. 

14  O  that  my  people  wifely  would 
My  juft  and  mild  commandments  heed  y 
That  Ifrael  in  my  righteous  ways 
Would  ftill,  with  pious  care,  proceed. 

15  Then  mould  my  heavy  judgments  fall, 
On  all  who  would  my  pow'r  oppofe  ; 
And  my  avenging  hand  be  rais'd, 
To  cut  off  all  their  daring  foes. 

16  Their  enemies  and  mine,  mould  all 
Before  my  fpotftool  lowly  bend  j 


1'. 


»44     PSA  L  M     LXXXII.     LXXXIII. 

But  as  for  them,  their  happy  ft  ate 
Should  ftand  fecure,  nor  know  an  end. 

17  All  parts  with  plenty  fhould  abound, 
With  faire  ft  wheat  the  fruitful  field, 
The  barren  clifts  of  craggy  rocks, 
For  them  mould  richeft  honey  yield, 


Pfalm  S2 — long  metre. 

1  A  1MONG  th'  affemblies  cf  the  great 
■l\   A  greater  Ruler  takes  his  feat  ; 
The  God  of  heav'n  as  judge  furveys 
Tbofe  gods  on  earth,  and  all  their  ways. 

2  Why  will  ve  frame  oppreflive  laws  ? 
Or  why  fepport  th'  unrighteous  caufe  ? 
When  will  ye  once  defend  the  poor, 
That  foes  may  vex  the  faints  no  more  ? 

3  They  know  not,  Lord,  nor  will  they  know 
Dark  are  the  ways  in  which  they  go  ; 
Their  name  of  earthly  gods  is  vain, 

For  they  mall  fall  and  die  like  men. 

4  Arife,  O  Lord,  and  let  thy  Son 
PoUei's  his  univerial  throne, 

And  rule  the  rations  with  his  rod  ; 
He  is  our  Tuctee  and  he  our  God. 


Pfalm  85 — long  metre. 

HOLD  not  thy  peace,  O  Lord  our  God, 
Do  thou  not  longer  lilent  be  ; 
Nor  .with  confenting  quiet  looks 
Our  dreadful  ruin  calmly  fee. 

For,  lo  !  the  tumults  of  thy  foes 
O'er  all  the  land  begin  to  "fpread  ; 
And  the!:,  who  hste  thy  faints  and  thee. 
Lift  up  with  joy  their  tbreat'nrag  hand. 


PSALM    LXXXIII.  145 

3  Againft  thy  zealous  people,  Lord  ! 
They  all  with  treachery,  combine  j 

And  to  deftroy  thy  chofen  race 
In  fecret  lay,  their  clofe  deiign. 

4  "  Come  let  us  cut  them  off,  they  fay, 
"  Let  us  their  nation  quite  deface  ; 

t;  That  no  remembrance^  may  henceforth 
"  Remain  of  Ifrael's  hated  race." 

5  Againft  thee  and  thy  people's  peace,. 
Thus  they  coniult  with  one  confent, 

And  different  nations  jointly  leagu'd, 
Their  common  fpke  and  malice  vent. 

6  The  Immaelites  that  dwell  in  tents, 
With  warlike  Edom's  forces  join'd, 

And  Moab's  fons,  our  ruin  feek, 

With  Hagar's  numerous  race  combin'd. 

7  Proud  Amman's  offspring,  Gabel  too, 
With  daring-  Amelec  confpire  5 

The  lords  of  Paleftine",  and  all 

The  haughty  fons  of  wealthy  Tyre, 

8  Ail  thofe  for  their  fecure  ally, 

The  ftrong  Affyrian  king  have  got  5 
Who,  with  a  pow'rful  army,  means 
To  aid  th'  ineeituous  race  cf  Lot, 

Part  2— long  metre, 

9  But  let  fuch  vengeance  come  to  them, 
As  once  to  wicked  Midian  came, 

To  Jabin  and  proud  Sifera, 

At  bloody  Kifhon's  fatal  ftream. 

10  When  thy  right  hand  their  num'rous  hofts, 
Near  Endor,  did  with  fear  confound, 

And  left  their  mangl'd  carcailes, 

Manure,  to  feed  the  hungry  ground, 

I 


345  PSALM     LXXXIV. 

ii  Let  all  their  mighty  men  the  fate 
Of  haplefs  Zeb  and  Oreb  fliare  : 

As  Zeba  and  Salmana,  fo 

Let  all  their  boafting  princes  fare  ; 

12  Who  with  the  fame  defigri  infpir'd, 
Thus  with  a  vain  affurance  fpake, 

"  In  firm  poffeffion,  for  ourfelves, 

",  Let  us  by  force  God's  houfes  take." 

13  To  ruin  let  them  haften  on, 

Like  wheels  that  downward  fwiftly  move  j 
Or  like  the  chaff,  before  the  wind, 
Let  all  their  fcatter'd  forces  prove. 

14  As  flames  confume  the  wood  or  heath, 
That  on  the  parched  mountain  grows  ; 

So  let  thy  fierce  devouring  wrath, 

With  terror  ftrike  thy  haughty  foes. 

15  Lord,  fhroud  tbeir  faces  with  difgrace, 
And  make  them  own  thy  glorious  name  5 

Or  elfe  confound  thofe  harden'd  hearts, 
Which  gentler  means  will  not  reclaim. 

16  So  mail  the  world,  with  one  confent, 
Confefs  that  thou,  whofe  name  alone, 

Jehovah  is,  o'er  all  the  earth, 

Hall  rais'd  thy  juft  and  lofty  throne, 

Ffalm  84 — long  metre. 

1  TTOW  pleafant,  how  divinely  fair 
JO.   O  Lord  of  hoft,  thy  dwellings  are  " 
With' long  defire  my  fpirit  faints, 

To  meet  th'  affemblies  of  thy  faints. 

2  My  flefh  would  reft  in  thine  abode  ; 
My  panting  heart  cries  out  for  God  ; 
My  God  !  my  King  !  why  mould  I  be 
So  far  from  all  my  joys  and  thee  ? 

3  The  fparrow  chufes  where  to  reft, 

And  for  her  young  provides  her  tieft  ; 


PSALM     LXXXIV.  14? 

But  will  my  God  to  fparrows  grant 
That  pleafure  which  his  children  want  ? 

4  Bleft  are  the  faints  who  fit  on  high, 
Around  thy  throne  above  the  iky  ; 
Thy  brighteft  glories  ftiine  above, 
And  all  their  work  is  praife  and  love. 

5  Bleft  are  the  fouls  who  find  a  place 
Within  the  temple  of  thy  grace  ; 
Here  they  behold  thy  gentler  rays, 
And  feek  thy  face  and  learn  thy  praife. 

6  Bleft  are  the  men  whofe  hearts  are  fet 
To  find  the  way  to  Sion's  gate  ; 

God  is  their  ftrength,  and  thro'  the  road 
They  lean  upon  their  helper,  God. 

7  Cheerful  they  walk  with  growing  ftrength 
Till  all  mail  meet  in  heaven  at  length  ; 
Till  all  before  thy  face  appear, 

And  join  in  nobler  worfhip  there.. 


Part  2 — long  metre. 

S  Great  God  attend  while  Sion  fings 

The  joy  that  from  thy  prefence  fprings  j 
To  fpend  one  day  with  thee  on  earth 
Exceeds  a  thoufand  days  of  mirth. 

9  Might  I  enjoy  the  meaneft  place 
Within  thy  houfe,  O  God  of  grace, 
Not  tents  of  eafe  nor  thrones  of  pow'r 
Should  tempt  my  feet  to  leave  thy  door, 

10  God  is  our  fun,  he  makes  our  day  ; 
God  is  our  fhield,  he  guards  our  way 
From  all  th'  affaults  of  hell  and  fin, 
From  foes  without  and  foes  within. 

zi  All  needful  grace  will  God  beftow, 
And  crown  that  grace  with  glory,  too  : 


i4»  PSALM     LXXXV. 

He  gives  us  all  things,  and  withholds 
No  real  good  from  upright  fouls. 

12   O  God,  our  King,  whofe  fov'reign  fway 
The  glorious  holts  of  heaven  obey, 
The  devils  at  thy  prefence  flee, 
Bleft  is  the  man  that  trufts  in  thee. 


Pfalm  85 — long  metre. 

1  T    OPvD,  thou  haft  call'd  thy  grace  to  mind, 
jL-j  Thou  haft  revers'd  our  heavy  doom  : 

So  God  forgave  when  Ifr'el  fmn'd, 

And  brought  his  wand'ring  captives  home. 

2  Thou  haft  begun  to  fet  us  free, 
And  made  thy  fierceft  wrath  abate  ; 

Now  let  our  hearts  be  turn'd  to  thee, 
And  thy  falvation  be  complete. 

3  Revive  our  dying  graces,  Lord, 
And  let  thy  faints  in  thee  rejoice  ; 

Make  knVuvn  thy  truth,  fulfil  thy  word, 
We  wait  for  praile  to  tune  our  voice. 

4  We  wait  to  hear  what  God  will  fay  ; 
He'll  fpeak,  and  give  his  people  peace  ; 

But  let  them  run  no  more  affray, 
Left  his  returning  wrath  increafe. 

Part  2— long  metre. 

3  Salvation  is  forever  nigh 

The  fouls  that  fear  and  truft  the  Lord  . 
And  grace  defcending  from  on  high 

Frefh  hopes  of  glory  fhall  afford. 

5  Mercy  and  truth  on  earth  are  met, 
Since  Chrift  the  Lord  came  down  from  beav?n 


JBy  his  obedience  fo  complete, 
Jiifltjce  is  pleas'd  unrl  peace  v. 


a 1 


PSALM     LXXXVI.  149 

7  Now  truth  and  honor  (hall  abound, 
Religion  dwell  on  earth  again, 

And  heav'nly  influence  blefs  the  ground 
In  our  Redeemer's  gentle  reign. 

8  His  righteoufnefs  is  gone  before, 
To  give  us  free  accefs  to  God  : 

Our  wand'ring  feet  fhall  ilray  no  more, 
But  mark  his  fteps  and  keep  the  road. 


Pfalm  86 — common '  metre  r 

1  rT10  my  complaint,  O  Lord  my  God, 

JL      Thy  gracious  ear  incline  j 
Hear  me,  diftrefs'd  and  deftitute 
Of  all  relief  but  thine. 

2  Do  thou,  O  God,  preferve  my  foul, 
That  does  thy  name  adore  ; 

Thy  fervant  keep,  and  him,  whofe  truft 
Relies  on  thee,  reftore. 

3  To  me  who  daily  thee  invoke, 
Thy  mercy,  Lord,  extend  ; 

Refreih  thy  fervant's  foul,  whofe  hopes 
On  thee  alone  depend. 

4  Thou,  Lord,  art  good  ;  not  only  good, 
But  prompt  to  pardon  too  : 

Of  plenteous  mercy  to  all  thofe 
Who  for  thy  mercy  fue. 

5  To  my  repeated  humble  pray'r, 
O  Lord  attentive  be  ; 

When  troubled,  I  on  thee  will  call, 
For  thou  wilt  anfwerme. 

6  Among  the  god's  there's  none  like  thee, 
O  Lord  alone  divine  i 

To  thee  as  much  inferior  they, 
As  are  their  works  to  thine. 


x$o  PSALM    LXXXVI. 

7  Therefore  their  great  Creator  thee 
The  nations  fhall  adore  ; 

Their  longmifguided  pray'rs  and  praife 
To  thy  blefs'd  name  restore. 

8  All  fhall  confefs  thee  great,  and  great 
The  wonders  thou  haft  dor;e  ; 

Confefs  thee  God,  thee  Gcd  fupreme, 
Confefs  thee  God  alone. 


Part  i — peculiar  metre. 

9  Teach  me,  O  Lord,  thy  facred  way, 
That  from  thy  truth  I  may  net  ilray  : 

To  me  thy  grace  impart, 

Unite  my  wand'ring  heart 
To  fear  continually  thy  name  : 
Thy  praife,  my  God,  I  will  proclaim, 

And  with  a  foul  fin  cere 

Thee  conftantly  revere. 

io  Thy  boundlefs  mercy  who  can  tell, 
For  thou  haft  fav'd  my  foul  from  hell, 

And  when  I  call'd  on  thee, 

Thy  gocdnefs  let  me  free  : 
The  fons  of  pride  againft  me  rife, 
Not  feiting  thee  before  their  eyes  ; 

And  with  a  wicked  ftrife 

Seek  to  deftroy  my  life. 

ii   But  thou  didft  thy  affiftance  bring, 
Of  truth  thou  everlafting  i'pring  : 

Thy  patience  and  thy  love, 

Lord,  thou  (halt  ne'er  remove  : 
Turn  thee,  O  God,  fome  fignal  (how, 
And  let  all  thofe  who  hate  me,  know, 

That  thou  wilt  pow'r  extend, 

Thy  fervants  to  defend. 


PSALM    LXXXVII.  LXXXVIII.  151 

Pfalm  87 — long  metre. 

1   /~N  OD  in  his  earthly  temple  lays 
VJT  Foundation  for  his  heav'nly  praife  ; 
He  likes  the  tents  of  Jacob  well, 
But  (till  in  Sion  loves  to  dwell. 

a  His  mercy  vifits  ev'ry  houfe 

That  pay  their  night  and  morning  vows  ; 
But  makes  a  more  delightful  flay, 
Where  churches,  meet  to  praife  and  pray. 

3  What  glories  were  defcrib'd  of  old  ! 
What  Wonders  are  in  Sion  told  I 
Thou  city  of  our  God  below, 

Thy  fame  fhall  Tyre  and  Egypt  know. 

4  Egypt  and  Tyre,  and  Greek  and  Jew, 
Shall  there  begin  their  lives  a-new  : 
Angels  and  men  fhall  join  to  ling 
The  hill  where  living  waters  fpring'. 

5  When  God  makes  up  his  laft  account 
Of  natives  in  his  holy  mount, 
'Twill  be  an  honor  to  appear 

As  one  new  born  and  nourifh'd  there. 


Pfalm  8  3 — long  metre. 

1   rT^O  thee,  my  God  and  Saviour,  I 
A     By  day  and  night  addrefs  my  cry  : 
Vouchfafe  my  mournful  voice  to  hear, 
To  my.diftrefs  incline  thine  ear. 

3  For  fe^s.  of  trouble  me  invade  ; 
My  foul  draws  nigh  to  death's  cold  made, 
Like  one  whofe  Hrengiih  and  hopes  are  ileds 
They  number  me  among  the  dead. 

3  Like  thofe  who  fhrouded  in  the  grave, 
From  thee  no  more  remembrance  have  1 


i5z  PSALM    LXXXVIII. 

Caft  off  from  thy  fuftaining  care, 
Down  to  the  confines  of  defpair. 

4  Thy  wrath  has  hard  upon  me  lain, 
Afflicting  me  with  reftleis  pain  : 

Me  all  thy  mountain  waves  have  preft, 
Too  weak,  alas  !  to  bear  the  leaft. 

5  Remov'd  from  friends,  I  figh  alone, 
In  a  loath'd  dungeon  laid,  where  none 
A  vifit  will  vouchfafe  to  me, 
Confm'd,  paft  hopes  of  liberty. 

6  My  eyes  from  weeping  never  ceafe  ; 
They  wafte,  but  ftill  my  griefs  increafe  : 
Yet  daily,  Lord,  to  thee  I've  pray'd, 
With  outftretch'd  hands  invok'd  thy  aid, 

7  Wilt  thou  by  miracle  revive 

The  dead,  whom  thou  forfook'ft  alive  ? 
From  death  reftore,  thy  praife  to  fmg, 
Whom  thou  from  prifon  would'it  not  bring  ? 

S  Shall  the  mute  grave  thy  love  confefs  ? 
And  mould'ring  tomb  thy  faithfulnefs  ? 
Thy  truth  and  pow'r  renown  obtain, 
Where  darknefs  and  oblivion  reign. 

5>  To  thee,  O  Lord,  I  cry,  forlorn, 
My  pray'r  prevents  the  early  morn, 
Why  haft  thou,  Lord,  my  foul  forfook, 
Nor  once  vouchfaf'd  a  gracious  look  ? 

io  Prevailing  forrows  bear  me  down, 

Which  from  my  youth  with  me  have  grown  ; 
Thy  terrors  paft  diftradt  my  mind, 
And  fears  of  blacker  days  behind, 

ii  Thy  wrath  hath  burft  upon  my  head, 
Thy  terrors  nil  my  foul  with  dread  : 


PSALM     LXXXIX.  153 

Environ'd,  as  with  waves  combm'd, 
And  for  a  gen'ral  deluge  join'd. 

My  lovers,  friends,  familiars,  all 
Remov'd  from  light,  and  oat  of  call  ; 
To  dark  oblivion  all  re  nr'd, 
Dead,  or  at  leafc  to  me  expir'd. 


Pfalm  S9 — long  metre. 

1  HTHY  mercies,  Lord,  mall  be  my  fong  ; 

J-    My  fong  on  them  mall  ever  dwell ; 
To  ages  yet  unborn  my  tongue 
Thy  never-failing  truth  mall  tell. 

2  I  have  amrm'd  and  ftill  maintain, 
Thy  mercy  mall  for  ever  laft  ; 

Thy  truth  that  does  the  heav'ns  fuftain, 
Like  them  mall  Hand  for  ever  fall. 

3  Thus  fpak'il  thou  by  thy  prophet's  voice  : 
"  With  David  I  a  league  have  made  ; 

"  To  him,  my  fervant,  and  my  choice, 
"  By  folemn  oath  this  grant  convey'd  ; 

4  "  While  earth,  and  Teas,  and  Ikies  endure, 
"  Thy  feed  (hall  in  my  fight  remain  : 

"  To  tham  thy  throne  I  will  enfure, 
"  They  (hall  to  endlefs  ages  reign." 

5  For  fuch  ftupendous  truth  and  love 
Both  heav'n  and  earth  juit  praifes  owe  1 

By  choirs  of  angels  fung  above, 
And  by  aflembled  faints  below. 

6  What  leraph  of  celeftial  birth 

To  vie  with  Ifr'el's  God  mail  dare  ? 
Or  who  among  the  godl  of  earth 
With  our  almighty  Lord  compare  ? 

7  With  rev'rence  and  religious  dread, 
His  faints  mould  to  his  temple  prefs  ; 

I  z 


154  PSALM    LXXXIX. 

His  fear  thro'  all  their  hearts  (hcmlcl  fpread, 
Who  his  almighty  name  cenfeis. 

8  Lord  God  of  armies,  who  can  boaft 

Of  ftrength  or  pow'r  like  thine  renown'd  ? 
Of  fuch  a  numerous  faithful  holt 

As  that  which  does  thy  throne  furround  ? 

9  Thou  doft  the  lawlefs  fea  control, 
And  change  the  profpect  of  the  deep, 

Thoumak'ft  the  fleeping  billows  roll, 
Thou  rnak'ft  the  rolling  billows  fleep. 

io  Thou  brak'ft  in  pieces  Rahab's  pride, 

And  didft  opprefimg  pow'r  diiarm  j 
Thy  fcatter'd  foes  have  dearly  try'd 
The  force  of  thy  refiftlefs  arm. 

ii  In  thee  the  fov'reign  right  remains 
Of  earth  and  heav'n  ;  thee,  Lord  along, 

The  world  ;  and  all  that  it  contains, 
Their  Maker  and  Frei'erver  own. 

12  The  poles  on  which  the  globe  doth  reft 
Were  form'd  by  thy  creating  voice  ; 

Tabor  and  Herman,  call  and  weft, 
In  thy  fditaining  pow'r  rejoice. 

13  Thy  arm  is  mighty,  ilrong  thy  hand, 
Yet.  Lo>-d,  thou  doft  with  juftice  reign  ; 

PcffefsM  of  abiblute  command, 

Thou  truth  and  mercy  doft  maintain. 

14  Happy,  thrice  happy,  thofe  who  hear, 
Thy  iacred  trumpet's  joyful  found  : 

Who  may  at  feftivais  appear, 

With  thy  moil  glorious  prefence  crown'd. 

15  Thy  faints  fhall  always  be  o'erjoyM, 
Who  en  thy  iacred  name  rely  ; 


PSALM     LXXXIX.  iss 

And,  in  thy  righteoufhefs  employ'd, 
Above  their  foes  be  rais'd  on  high. 

15  For  in  thy  ftrength  they  mall  advance, 
Whofe  conquefts  from  thy  favor  fpring  ; 

The  Lord  of  hofts  is  our  defence, 
And  Ifr'ePs  God  our  Ifr'ei's  King. 

Part  t — long  metre. 
17  Thus  fpak'ft  thou  by  thy  prophet's  voice  : 

"  A  mighty  champion  I  will  lend ; 
From  Judah's  tribe  have  I  made  choice 

Of  one  who  iliali  the  reft  defend. 

iS  "  My  fervant  David  I  have  found, 

With  holy  oil  anointed  him  ; 
Him  fhall  the  hand  fupport  that  crown'd, 

And  guard  that  o-ave  the  diadem. 

o  o 

19  "  No  prince  from  him  fhall  tribute  force, 
No  fon  of  ftrife  fhall  him  annoy  ; 

His  fpiteful  foes  I  will  difperfe, 

And  them  before  his  face  deftroy. 

20  "  My  truth  and  grace  fhall  him  fuftain  , 
His  armies,  in  well-order'd  ranks, 

Shall  conquer,  from  the  Tyrian  main 
To  Tygris'  and  Euphrates'  banks. 

21  <s  Me  for  his  Father  he  mall  take, 
His  God  and  rock  of  fafet.y  call ; 

Him  I  my  fidi-bcm  Son  will  make, 
And  earthly  kings  his  fubjecls  ail. 

22  l~  To  him  my  mercy  I'll  fecure, 
My  cov'nant  make  for  ever  faft  ; 

His  feed  forever  fhall  endure, 

His  throne  till  heav'n  duTolve,  mall  iaft. 

:  3  "  But  if  his  heirs  my  law  forfake, 
And  from  my  facred  precepts  Sray  ; 


jj6  P  S  A  L  M    LXXXIX. 

If  they  my  righteous  ftatutes  break, 
Nor  ftriclly  my  commands  obey  ; 

24  "  Their  fins  I'll  vifit  with  a  rod, 
And  for  their  folly  make  them  fmart  ; 

Yet  will  not  ceafe  to  be  their  God, 

Nor  from  my  truth  like  them  depart. 

25  "  My  cov'nant  I  will  ne'er  revoke, 
But  in  remembrance  faft  retain ; 

The  thing  that  once  my  lips  ha\Te  fpoke, 
Shall  in  eternal  force  remain. 

26  "  Once  have  I  fworn,  but  once  for  all, 
And  made  my  holinefs  the  tie  ; 

That  I  my  grant  will  ne'er  recal, 
Nor  to  my  fervant  David  lie. 

27  "  Whofe  throne  and  race  the  conftant  fun, 
Shall  like  his  courfe  eftablifh'd  fee  : 

Of  this  my  oath,  revolving  moon, 
In  heav'n  my  faithful  witnefs  be." 

2S  Such  was  thy  gracious  promife,  Lord  : 
But  thou  haft  now  our  tribes  forfook  : 

Thy  own  anointed  haft  abhorr'd, 

And  turn'd  on  him  thy  wrathful  look. 

29  Thou  feemeft  to  have  render'd  void 
The  cov'nant  with  thy  fervant  made  ; 

Thou  haft  his  dignity  deftroy'd. 
And  in  the  duft  his  honor  laid. 

30  Of  ftrong-holds  thcu  haft  him  bereft, 
And  brought  his  bulwarks  to  decay  : 

His  frontier-coafts  defencelefs  left, 
A  public  feorn  and  common  prey. 

31  His  ruin  does  glad  triumphs  yield 
To  foes  advanc'd  by  thee  to  might  ; 

Thou  haft  his  conquering  fwerd  unfteei'd. 
His  valour  turn'd  ghti 


PSALM     XC.  157 

32  His  glory  is  to  darknefs  fled, 

His  throne  is  level'd  with  the  ground  ; 
His  youth  to  wretched  bondage  led 

With  fhame  o'erwhelm'd  and  forrow  drown'd. 

33  How  long  ihall  we  thy  abfence  mourn  ? 
Wilt  thou  for  ever,  Lord,  retire  ? 

Shall  thy  confuming  anger  burn, 
Till  that  and  we  at  once  expire  ? 

34  Coniider,  Lord,  how  fliort  a  fpace 
Thou  doll  for  mortal  life  ordain  ; 

No  method  to  prolong  the  race, 

But  loading  it  with  grief  and  pain. 

3  5  What  man  is  he  that  can  controul 

Death's  Uriel  unalterable  doom  ? 
Or  refcue  from  the  grave  his  foul, 

The  grave  that  muft  mankind  entomb  ? 

36  Lord,  where's  thy  love,  thy  boundlefs  grace, 
The  oath  to  which  thy  truth  did  leal, 

Confign'd  to  David  and  his  race, 

The  grant  which  time  mould  ne'er  repeal. 

37  See  how  thy  fervants  treated  are, 
With  infamy,  reproach  and  fpite  ; 

Which  in  my  filent  bread  I  bear, 
From  nations  of  licentious  might. 

38  How  they,  reproaching  thy  great  aaroe, 
Have  made  thy  fervant's  hope  their  jell  ; 

Yet  thy  juft  praiies  we'll  proclaim, 

And  iing  amen  "  the  Lord  be  biefV' 


P/fUm  90 — common  metre. 

1  fV^  Go~>  our  he*P  in  ages  Pa^> 
KJ   Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 

Our  fhelter  from  the  ftormy  blaft, 
And  cur  eternal  home. 


*5$  PSALM     XC. 

2  Beneath  the  fhadow  of  thy  throne 
Thy  faints  have  dwelt  fecure  j 

Sufficient  is  thine  arm  alone, 
And  my  defence  is  lure. 

3  Before  the  hills  in  order  flood, 
Or  earth  receiv'd  her  frame, 

From  everlalling  thou  art  God, 
To  endlefs  years  the  fame. 

4  Thy  word  commands  our  fiefh  to  duft, 
"  Return,  ye  fons  of  men  j" 

All  nations  role  from  earth  at  firft, 
And  turn  to  earth  again. 

5  A  thoufand  ages  in  thy  fight 
Are  like  an  ev'ning  gone  ; 

Short  as  the  watch  that  ends  the  night 
Before  the  riling  dawn. 

6  The  bufy  tribes  of  fie  Hi  and  blood, 
With  all  their  lives  and  cares, 

Are  carried  downwards  by  the  flood, 
And  loft  in  following  years. 

7  Time,  like  an  ever-rolling  ftream, 
Bears  all  its  fons  away  ; 

They  fly  forgotten,  as  a  dream 
Dies  at  the  op'ning  day. 

8  Like  flow'ry  fields  the  nations  Hand, 
Pieas'd  with  the  morning  light  ; 

The  flow*rs  beneath  the  mow'rs  bund 
Lie  with'rmg  ire  'tis  night. 

o  Oui  Cod,  our  help  in  ages  paft, 

Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 
£e  thou  our  guard  while  troubles  lafl, 

ArC  ouj  .me. 


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Part  a — common  metre. 

10  Lord,  if  thine  eyes  furvey  our  faults, 
And  juftice  grows  fevere, 

Thy  dreadful  wrath  exceeds  our  thought 
And  burns  beyond  our  fear. 

1 1  Thine  anger  turns  our  frame  to  dull  ; 
By  one  offence  to  thee, 

Adam,  with  all  his  fons,  have  loft 
Their  immortality. 

1 2  Life,  like  a  vain  amufement  flies, 
A  fable  or  a  fong  ; 

By  fwift  degrees  our  nature  dies, 
Nor  can  our  joys  be  long. 

13  !Tis  but  a  few  whofe  days  amount 
To  threefcore  years  and  ten  ; 

And  all  beyond  that  fhort  account, 
Is  forrow,  toil,  and  pain. 

14  Our  vitals  with  laborious  firife 
Bear  up  the  crazy  lead, 

And  drag  thefe  poor  remains  of  life 
Along  the  tirefome  road. 

j  5  Almighty  God,  reveal  thy  love, 

And  not  thy  wrath  alone  : 
Oh  let  our  fweet  experience  prove 

The  mercies  of  thy  throne. 

i  6  Our  fouls  would  leam  the  heav'nly  art 

T'  improve  the  hours  we  have  j 
That  we  may  act  the  wii'er  part, 

And  live  beyond  the  grave. 


Fart  3 — common  metre. 

11  Return,  O  God  of  love,  return  ; 
iLarth  is  a  tireftfipoe  olace  j 


xfo  PSALM    xcr. 

How  long  {hall  we  thy  children  mourn 
Our  abience  from  thy  face  ? 

1 8  Let  heav'n  fucceed  our  painful  years, 
Let  fin  and  forrow  ceafe, 

And  in  proportion  to  our  tears 
So  make  our  joys  increafe. 

19  The  wonders  to  thy  fervants  (how 
Make  thy  own  work  complete  ; 

Then  mail  our  fouls  thy  glory  know, 
And  own  thy  love  was  great. 

20  Then  mail  we  mine  before  thy  throne 
In  all  thy  beauty,  Lord  : 

And  the  poor  fervice  we  have  done, 
Meet  a  divine  reward. 


Pfalm  91 — long  metre. 

1   TJE  that  hath  made  his  refuge  God, 
in   Shall  find  a  moft  fecure  abode  ; 
Shall  walk  all  day  beneath  his  (hade, 
And  there  at  night  fliali  reft  his  head. 

1  Then  will  I  fay,  "  my  God,  thy  pow'r 
"  Shall  be  my  fortrefs  and  my  tow'r  ; 
"  I  that  am  form'd  of  feeble  duft 
"  Make  thine  almighty  arm  my  truft." 

3  Thrice  happy  man  !  thy  Maker's  care 
Shall  keep  thee  from  the  fowler's  fnare  ; 
From  Satan's  wiles,  who  ftill  betrays 
Unguarded  fouls  a  thoufand  ways. 

4  Juft  as  a  hen  protects  her  brood, 

From  birds  of  prey  that  feck  their  blood, 
The  Lord  his  faithful  faints  fhall  guar  J, 
And  endlefs  life  be  their  reward. 

5  If  burning  beams  of  noon  cor 
To  dan  :  ; 


PSALM    XCII.  161 

God  is  their  life,  his  wings  are  fpread 
To  fhield  thera  with  an  healthful  ihade. 

6  If  vapours  with  malignant  breath 

Rife  thick,  and  fcatter  midnight  death, 
Ifr'el  is  fafe,  the  poifon'd  air 
Grows  pure,  iflfr'el's  God  be  there 

7  What  tho'  a  thoufand  at  thy  fide, 
Around  thy  path  ten  thoufand  dy'd  : 
Thy  God  his  chofen  people  faves 
Amongfl  the  dead,  arnidft  the  graves. 

8  So  when  he  fent  his  angel  down 

To  make  his  wrath  in  Egypt  known, 
And  flew  their  fons,  his  careful  eye 
Fall  all  the  doors  of  Jacob  by. 

5>  But  if  the  fire,  or  plague,  or  fword, 
Receive  commiflion  from  the  Lord, 
To  ftrike  his  faints  among  the  reft, 
Their  very  pains  and  deaths  are  bleft. 

10  The  fword,  the  peftilence,  or  fire, 
Shall  but  fulfil  their  beft  defire  ; 
Prom  fins  and  forrows  fet  them  free, 
And  bring  thy  children,  Lord,  to  thee, 

Part  2 — common  metre. 

ii  Ye  fons  of  men,  a  feeble  race, 

Expos'd  to  ev'ry  fnare, 
Come,  make  the  Lord  your  dwelling  place, 

And  try  and  traft  his  care. 

i  z  No  ill  fhall  enter  where  you  dwell : 

Or  if  the  plague  come  nigh, 
And  fweep  the  wicked  down  to  hell, 

'Twill  raife  the  faints  on  high. 

13  He'll  give  his  angels  charge  to  keep 
Your  feet  in  all  their  ways  ; 


i6z  PSALM     XCII. 

To  watch  your  pillow  while  you  fleep, 
And  guard  your  happy  days. 

14  Their  hands  (hall  bear  yourleaft  you  fall 
And  dafn  again  the  ftones  ; 

Are  they  not  fervants  at  his  call, 
And  lent  t*  attend  his  fons  ? 

15  Adders  and  lions  ye  fliali  tread  j 
The  tempter's  wiles  defeat : 

He  that  hath  broke  the  ferpent's  head 
Puts  him  beneath  your  feet. 

16  "  Becaufe  on  me  they  fet  their  love, 
"  I'll  fave  them,  faith  the   Lord, 

"  I'll  bear  their  joyful  fouls  above, 
"  Defbrutlion  and  the  fword. 

17  "  My  grace  mall  anfwer  when  they  call, 
"  In  trouble  I'll  be  nigh  : 

"  My  p.ow'r  (hall  help  them  when  they  fall, 
"  And  raife  them  when  they  die. 

iS  "  Thofe  that  on  earth  my  name  have  known, 

"  Fll  honor  them  in  heav'n  : 
"  There  my  falvation  lhall  be  fhown, 

"  And  endlefs  life  be  giv'n." 


Pfalm  92 — long  metre. 

SWEET  is  the  work,  my  God  my  King, 
To  praife  thy  name,  give  thanks  and  ling, 
To  fhew  thy  love  by  morning  light, 
And  talk  of  ail  thy  "truth  at  night. 

Sweet  is  the  day  of  facred  reft, 
No  mortal  care  fhall  feiz-e  my  bread, 
Oh  may  my  heart  in  tune  be  found, 
Like  David's  harp  of  folemn  found. 

My  heart  fhall  triumph  in  my  Lord, 
And  blefs  his  works  and  blefs  his  word, 


PSALM     XCII.  163 

Thy  works  of  grace  how  bright  they  ftiine  ! 
How  deep  thy  counfels  I  how  divine  1 

4  Fools  never  raife  their  thoughts  fo  high  ; 
Like  brutes  they  live,  like  brutes  they  die  ; 
Like  grafs  they  flourifh,  till  thy  breath 
Blaft  them  in  everlafting  death. 

5  But  I  {hall  fnare  a  glorious  part 
When  grace  hath  well  refm'd  my  heart, 
And  frefh  fupplies  of  joy  are  fried, 
Like  holy  oil  to  cheer  my  head. 

6  Sin  (my  worft  enemy  before) 

Shall  vex  my  eyes  and  ears  no  more  ; 
My  inward  foes  fhall  all  be  flam. 
Nor  fatan  break  my  peace  again. 

7  Then  mail  I  fee,  and  hear,  and  know, 
All  I  delire  or  wifh  below  ; 

And  ev'ry  pow'r  find  fweet  employ 
In  that  eternal  world  of  joy. 

Part  2 — long  metre. 
3  Lord,  'tis  a  pleafant  thing  to  ftand 
In  gardens  planted  by  thy  hand  ; 
Let  me  within  thy  courts  be  feen 
Like  a  young  cedar  frefh  and  green. 

9  There  grow  thy  faints  in  faith  and  love, 
Bleft  with  thine  influence  from  above  5 
Not  Lebanon  with  all  its  trees 
Yields  iuch  a  comely  fight  as  thefe. 

io  The  plants  of  grace  mail  ever  live  : 
(Nature  decays,  but  grace  muft  thrive) 
Time,  that  doth  all  things  elfe  impair, 
Still  makes  them  flourifh  flrong  and  fair. 

1 1  Laden  with  fruits  of  age  they  mew, 
The  Lord  is  holy,  juft  and  true  ; 


1 64  P  S  A  L  M     XCIII.     XCIV. 

None  that  attend  his  gates  mall  find 
A  God  unfaithful  or  unkind. 


Pfalm  93 — long  metre. 
i  "tTTITH  glory  clad,  with  ftrength  array'd 
VV     The  Lord  that  o'er  all  nature  reigns 
The  world's  foundations  ftrcngly  laid, 
And  the  vaft  fabric  ftiil  futtains. 

2  How  furely  ftablinVd  is  thy  throne, 
Which  fhall  no  change  or  period  fee  ; 

For  thou,  O  Lord,  and  thou  alone, 
Art  God  from  ail  eternity. 

3  The  floods,  O  Lord,  lift  up  their  voice, 
And  tofs  the  troubled  waves  on  high  ; 

But  God  above  can  ftill  their  noife, 
And  make  the  angry  fea  comply. 

4  Thy  promife,  Lord,  is  ever  fure  ; 

And  they  that  in  thy  houfe  would  dwell, 
Tho'  grace  alone  can  them  fecure, 
Muft  ftiil  in  holinefs  excel. 


Pfalm  94 — common  metre. 

i  /~\  GOD  !  to  whom  revenge  belongs, 
VJF  Proclaim  thy  wrath  aloud  ; 

Let  fov'reign  pow'r  redrefc  our  wrongs, 
Let  juftice  finite  the  proud. 

a  They  fay,  "  the  Lord  nor  fees,  nor  hears," 

When  will  the  vain  be  wife  ? 
Can  he  be  deaf,  who  form'd  their  ears  ? 

Or  blind,  who  made  their  eyes  ? 

3  He  knows  their  impious  thoughts  are  Tfctin, 

And  they  (hail  feel  his  pow'r  ; 
His  wrath  ihall  pierce  their  fouls  with  pain 

In  fome  furprifing  hour. 


PSxU  M     XCIV,  16 $ 

4  But  if  thy  faints  deferve  rebuke, 
Thou  halt  a  gentle  rod  ; 

Thy  providence,  thy  facred  book, 
Shall  make  them  know  their  God. 

5  Bleft  is  the  man  thy  hands  chaftife, 
And  to  his  duty  draw   ; 

Thy  fcourges  make  thy  children  wife 
When  they  forget  thy  law. 

6  But  God  will  ne'er  caft  off  his  faints, 
Nor  his  own  promife  break  j 

He  pardons  his  inheritance 
For  their  Redeemer's  fake. 

Part  2 — common  metre. 

i  Who  will  arife  and  plead  my  right 
Againft  my  nurn'rous  foes  ? 
While  earth  and  hell  their  force  unite, 
And  all  my  hopes  oppofe. 

8  Had  not  the  Lord,  my  rock,  my  help, 
Suftain'd  my  fainting  head  ; 

My  life  had  now  in  filence  dwelt, 
My  foul  amcngft  the  dead. 

9  Alas  !  my  Aiding  feet !  I  cry'd, 
Thy  promife  bore  me  up  ; 

Thy  grace  ftood  conftant  by  my  fide, 
And  rais'd  my  finking  hope, 

10  While  multitudes  of  mournful  thoughts 
Within  my  bofom  roll, 

Thy  boundlefs  love  forgives  my  faults, 
Thy  comforts  cheer  my  foul. 

11  Pow'rs  of  iniquity  may  rife, 

And  frame  pernicious  laws  ; 
But  God  my  refuge  rules  the  ikies'. 

He  will  defend  mv  caufe. 


i66  P  S  A  L  M     XCV, 

it  Let  malice  vent  her  rage  aloud, 
Let  bold  blafphemort  icoff : 

The  Lord   our  God  mail  judge  the  proud. 
And  cut  the  finners  oft. 


Pfalm  95 — long  metre. 

i   /^v  Come,  loud  anthems  let  us  fmg, 
V^/  Loud  thanks  to  our  almighty  King  j 
For  we  our  voices  high  mould  raife, 
When  our  falvation's  Rock  we  praife. 

2  Into  his  pre  fence  let  us  haite, 
To  thank  him  for  his  favors  pad  ; 
To  him   addreis,  in  joyful  fongs, 
The  praife  that  to  his  name  belongs. 

3  For  God  the  Lord,  enthron'd  in  ftate, 
Is  with  unrivall'd  glory  great  ; 

A  King  fuperior  far  to  all 

Whom  gods  the  heathen  falfely  call. 

4  The  depths  of  earth  are  in  his  hand, 
Her  fecret  wealth  at  his  command  : 
The  ftrength  of  hills  that  threat  the  ikies 
Subjected  to  his  empire  lies. 

5  The  rolling  ocean's  valt  abyfs 

By  the  fame  fov'reign  right  is  his  : 
"Pis  mov'd  by  his  almighty  hand 
That  form'd  and  fix'd  the  folid  land. 

6  O  let  us  to  his  courts  repair, 
And  bow  with  adoration  there  ; 
With  humble  fouls  adore  his  grace, 
And  kneel  before  our  Maker's  face. 

*  For  he's  our  God,  cur  Shepherd  he  ; 
His  flock  and  pafture-Pneep  are  we. 
If  then  you'll  (like  his  flock)  draw  near. 
To  day,  if  ye  his  voice  will  bear. 


PSALM     XCVI.  167 

8  Let  not  your  harden'd  hearts  renew 
Your  father's  crimes  and  judgments  too  ; 
Nor  here  provoke  ray  wrath,  as  they 

In  defert  plains  of  Meribah. 

9  When  through  the  wilderncfs  theymov'd, 
And  me  with  freih.  temptations  prov'd  : 
They  ftill,  through  unbelief,  rebeil'd, 
While  they  my  wond'rous  works  beheld. 

10  They  forty  years  my  patience  griev'd, 
Though  daily  I  their  wants  reliev'd  : 
Then — 'Tis  a  faithlefs  race,  I  faid, 
Whofe  hsart  from  me  has  always  ftray'd. 

11  They  ne'er  fhall  tread  my  righteous  path  : 
Therefore  to  them  in  fettled  wrath, 
Since  they  defpis'd  my  reft,  I  fware 
That  they  fhould  never  enter  there. 


Pfalm  96 — long  metre. 

SING  to  the  Lord,  anew  made  fong; 
Let  earth  in  one  affembled  throng, 
Her  common  Patron's  praife  refound, 
Who  us  hath  with  falvation  crown'd. 

a   Slag  to  the  Lord,  and  blefs  his  name, 
From  day  to  day  his  praife  proclaim  : 
To  heathen  lands  his  fame  rehearfe, 
His  wonders  to  the  univerfe. 

3  He's  great,  and  greatly  to  be  prais'd  : 
In  majefty  and  glory  rais'd, 

Above  all  other  deities — 

He  only  rules  who  made  the  Ikies. 

4  With  majefcy  and  honor  crown'd, 
Beauty  and  ftrength  his  throne  furround 
But  pageantry  and  idols  all 

Are  thev  whom  gods  the  heathen  call. 


IfS  PSALM    xcvn. 

5  Let  worfhip  be  to  him  reftor'd, 

By  you  who  have  falfe  gods  ador'd  \ 
Afcribe  due  honor  to  his  name, 
That  honor  he  alone  can  claim. 

6  Peace  offerings  to  his  altar  lay, 
Before  his  throne  your  homage  pay  ; 
To  worfhip  at  his  iacred  court. 

Let  all  the  trembling  world  refort. 

7  Proclaim  aloud,  Jehovah  reigns, 
Whofe  pow'r  the  univerfe  fuftains  ; 
Let  therefore  heav'n  new  joys  conieis, 
And  heav'nly  rapture  earth  exprei's. 

8  He  banifhed  juftice  (hall  reftore, 
Its  loud  applaufe  let  ocean  roar  ; 
Its  mute  inhabitants  rejoice, 
And  for  this  triumph  find  a  voice. 

9  For  joy  let  fertile  vallies  fing, 

The  cheerful  grove  their  tribute  bring  ; 
Let  all  that  live  with  fongs  awake. 
Their  fweeteft  melody  to  make : 

io  Before  the  Lord,  who  comes  to  bleis. 
And  (hew  the  world  his  righteoufnefs  : 
From  heaven  to  judge  the  earth  he's  come,. 
With  juftice  to  reward  and  doom. 


Ffahn  97 — long  metre. 

HE  reigns,  the  Lord,  the  Saviour  reigns,: 
Praiie  him  in  evangelic  {trains  : 
Let  the  whole  earth  in  i'ongs  rejoice. 
And  diftant  illands  join  their  voice. 

Deep  are  his  counfcL.  and  unknown  : 
But  gf-ace  and  truth  iapport  his  throne  :     . 
Tho'  gloomy  clouds  his  ways  fu  roundj 
-'  ground* 


PSALM     XCVII.  169 

3  In  robes  of  judgment,  lo,  he  comes,. 
Shakes  the  wide  earth  and  cleaves  the  tombs ; 
Before  him  burns  devouring  fire, 
The  mountains  melt,  the  feas  retire. 

4  His  enemies  with  fore  difmay, 
Fly  from  the  fight  and  fhun  the  day  : 
Then  lift  your  heads,  ye  faints,  on  high, 
And  fing,  for  your  redemption's  nigh. 

%       Part  2 — long  metre.  ..- 

5  The  Lord  is  come  ;  the  heav'ns  proclaim 
His  birth  ;  the  nations  learn  his  name  ; 
An  unknown  (bar  directs  the  road 
Of  eaftern  fages  to  their  God. 

6  All  ye  bright  armies  of  the  Ikies,     . 
Go,  worfhip  where  the  Saviour  lies  : 
Angels  and  kings  before  him  bow, 
Thoie  gods  on  high,  and  gods  below. 

7  Let  idols  totter  to  the  ground, 
And  their  own  worfhippers  confound  : 
But  Zion  (hail  his  glories  fmg, 
And  earth  confefs  her  fov'reign  King. 

8  Th'  Almighty  reigns  exalted  high 
O'er  all  the  earth,  o'er  all  the  iky  ; 
Tho'  clouds  and  darknefs  veil  his  feet, 
His  dwelling  is  the  mercy-feat. 

9  O  ye  that  love  his  h6ly  name, 
Hate  ev'ry  work  of  fin  and  fhame  ; 
He  guards  the  fouls  of  all  his  friends, 
And  from  the  fnares  of  hell  defends. 

19  Immortal  light,  and  joys  unknown, 
Are  for  the  feints  in  darknefs  (own  ; 
Thofe  glorious  feeds  flis.ll  fpriug  and  rife, 
And  ths  bright  harveft  blefs  cur  eyes. 

K 


If*  PSALM     XCVIII. 

ii  Rejoice  ye  righteous,  and  record 
The  facred  honors  of  the  Lord  ; 
None  but  the  foul  that  feels  his  grace 
Can  triumph  in  his  holinefs. 


Pfalm  98 — common  metre. 

1  HPO  our  almighty  Maker,  Godj 

X     New  honors  be  addrefsM  ; 
His  great  falvation  mines  abroad  ; 
And  makes  the  nations  bleft. 

2  To  Abra'm  firft  he  fpoke  the  word, 
And  taught  1  '.  num'rous  race  ; 

The  Gentiles  own  him  fov'reign  Lord, 
And  learn  to  trull  his  grace. 

3  Let  the  whole  earth  his  love  proclaim 
With  all  her  diff' rent  tongues  ; 

And  fpread  the  lienor  of  his  name 
In  melody  and  fongs. 

4  Joy  to  the  world,  the  Lord  is  come 
Let  earth  receive  her  King  ; 

Let  ev'ry  heart  prepare  him  room, 
And  heav'n  and  nature  fmg. 

5  Joy  to  the  earth,  the  Saviour  reigns, 
Let  men  their  fongs  employ  ; 

While  fields  and  iioods,  rocks,  hills  and  plains, 
Repeat  the  founding  joy. 

6  No  more  let  fins  and  forrows  grow, 
Nor  thorns  infeft  the  ground  : 

He  comes  to  make  his  blemngs  flow, 
Far  as  the  curfe  is  found. 

7  He  rules  the  world  with  truth  and  grace., 
And  makes  the  nations  prove 

The  giories  of  his  righteoufnefs, 
And  wonders  of  his  love. 


PSALM    XCDC.  171 

Pfalm  99— peculiar  metre. 

1  JEHOVAH  reigns,  let  all 

J      The  guilty  nations  quake  ; 
On  cherub's  wings  he  fits, 

Let  earth's  foundations  fhake  ; 
In  Sion  he  is  great, 

Above  all  people  high  ; 
O  praife  his  holy  name, 

Who  dwells  above  the  iky, 

In  awful  majefty. 

2  For  truth  and  jufcice  ftill, 

Of  ftrength  and  pow'r  take  place, 
His  righteous  judgments  are, 

Difpens'd  to  Jacob's  race  ; 
Therefore  exalt  the  Lord, 

Before  his  footftool  fall 
In  adoration  low  ; 

And  with  his  pow'r,  let  all 

His  holineis  extol. 


5  Mofes  and  Aaron  thus, 
Amongft  his  priefts  ador'd  ; 

Samuel  his  prophet  too, 

He  heard,  when  they  implor'd, 

Before  the  camp,  their  guide 
The  cloudy  pillar  mov'd  ; 

They  kept  his  laws,  and  they 
Obedient  fervants  prov'd, 
His  ordinance  they  lov'd. 

4  He  heard,  and  oft  forgave 
Nor  would  deftroy  their  race, 

But  oft  his  wrath  was  known 
When  they  abus'd  his  grace  : 

Then,  in  his  facred  courts, 


•*7»  P  S  A  L  M      C.     CI. 

Due  praife  to  him  attbrd, 
"For  he  who  holy  is, 

Alone  lliould  be  ador'd  : 

Ye  faints,  praife  ye  the  Lord. 


P/alm  ioo — long  metre. 

i  T>EFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 
-O   Ye  nations  bow  with  facred  joy  ; 

Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone  ; 
He  can  create,  and  he  deftroy. 

2  His  fovereign  pow'r  without  our  aid 
Made  us  of  clay,  and  forin'd  us  men  ; 

And  when  like  wand'ring  fheep  we  ftray'd, 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 

3  We  are  his  people,  we  his  care, 
Our  fouls  and  all  our  mortal  frame  : 

What  lafting  honors  (hall  we  rear, 
Almighty  Maker,  to  thy  name  ? 

4  We'll  croud  thy  gates  with  thankful  fongs, 
High  as  the  heav'n,  our  voices  raife  ; 

And  earth  with  her  ten  thoufand  tongues 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  founding  praife. 

$  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command, 

Vaft  as  eternity  thy  love  ; 
Firm  as  a  rock  thy  truth  muft  ftand, 

When  rolling  years  fhall  ceafe  to  move. 


P/alm  ioi — long  metre, 
i  "]l  TERCY  and  judgment  are  my  fong, 
1VJ.  And  fmce  they  both  to  thee  belong, 
My  gracious  God,  my  righteous  King, 
To  thee  my  fongs  and  vows  I  bring. 

2  If  I  am  rais'd  to  bear  the  fword, 
I'll  take  my  counfel  from  thy  word  ; 


P3ALM    CII.  173 

Thy  j uft ice  and  thy  heav'nly  grace 
Shall  be  the  pattern  of  my  ways. 

3  Let  wifdom  all  my  actions  guide, 
And  let  my  God  with  me  refide  : 
No  wicked  thing  fhall  dwell  with  me, 
Which  may  provoke  thyjealoufy. 

4  No  fons  of  fiander,  rage  and  ftrife 
Shall  be  companions  of  my  life  ; 

The  haughty  look,  the  heart  of  pride,    ' 
Within  my  doors  mall  ne'er  abide. 

5  I'll  fearch  the  land  and  raife  the  juft. 
To  pofts  of  honor,  wealth  and  truft  : 
The  men  that  work  thy  holy  will 
Shall  be  my  friends  and  fav'rites  ftill. 

6  In  vain  fhall  finners  hope  to  rife 
By  flatt'ring  or  malicious  lies  ! 
Nor,  while  the  innocent  I  guard, 
Shall  bold  offenders  e'er  be  fpar'd. 

7  The  impious  crew  (that  factious  band) 
Shall  hide  their  heads  or  quit  the  land  ; 
And  all  that  brake  the  public  reft, 
Where  I  have  pow'r,  fhall  be  fuppreft, 


Pfalm  102 — common  metre. 

■1  TTEAR  me,  O  God,  nor  "hide  thy  face, 

JTl  But  anfwer,  leaft  I  die  ; 
Haft  thou  not  built  a  throne  of  grace, 

To  hear  when  finners  cry  ? 

2  My  days  are  wafted  like  the  fmoke 

Diffolving  in  the  air  ; 
My  ftrength  is  dry'd,  my  heart  is  broke, 

And  finking  in  defpair. 

K2 


t7<r  PSALM    CII. 

3  My  fpirlts  flag  like  withering  grafs 
Burnt  with  excefiive  heat  : 

In  fecrct  groans  my  minutes  pafs, 
And  I  forgot  to  eat. 

4  As  on  fome  lonely  building's  top> 
The  fparrow  tells  her  moan, 

Far  from  the  tents  of  joy  and  hope 
I  fit  and  grieve  alone. 

5  My  foul  is  like  a  vildemefs, 
Where  beafts  of  midnight  howl  } 

Where  the  fad  raven  finds  her  place, 
And  where  the  icreaming  owl. 

6  Dark  difmal  thoughts  and  boding  fears 
Dwell  in  my  troubled  breafl  ; 

While  (harp  reproaches  wound  my  ears, 
Nor  give  my  fpirit  rcTc. 

7  My  cup  is  mingled  with  my  woes* 
And  tears  are  my  repaft  ; 

My  daily  bread  like  aihes  grows 
Unpleafant  to  my  tafte. 

8  Senfe  can  afford  no  real  joy 
To  fouls  that  feel  thy  frown  ; 

Lord,  'twas  thy  hand  advanced  me  high, 
Thy  hand  hath  call  me  down. 

9  My  looks  like  wither" d  leaves  appear  ; 
And  life's  declining  light 

Grows  faint  as  ev'ning  fhadows  are, 
That  vanifh  into  night. 

io  But  thou  for  ever  art  the  fame, 

O  my  eternal  God  ; 
Ages  to  come  fhall  know  thy  name,. 
And  ipread  thy  works  abroad. 


PSALM    CII.  *f  j 

5.1  Thou  wilt  arife,  and  mew  thy  face, 

Nor  will  my  Lord  delay, 
Beyond  th'  appointed  hour  of  grace, 

That  long  expecled  day. 

12  He  hears  his  faints,  he  knows  their  cry* 

And  by  myfterious  ways, 
Redeems  the  pris'ners-  doom'd  to  die, 

And  fills  their  tongues  with  praife. 

Part  z — common  metra. 

33  Let  Sion  and  her  fons  rejoice  ; 

Behold  the  promis'd  hour  : 
Her  God  hath  heard  iier  mourning  voice, 

And  comes  t'  exalt  his  power. 

14  Her  dufc  and  ruins  that  tfet&aiii, 

Are  precious  in  cur  eyes  ; 
TholS  ruins  (hall  be  built  again, 

And  all  that  duft  mall  rife. 

13  The  Lord  will  raife  Jerufalem^ 

And  iiand  in  glory  there  : 
Nations  mall  bow  before  his  namej 

And  kings  attend  with  fear. 

%  j  He  fits  a  fov'reign  on  his  throne, 

With  pity  in  his  eyes  ; 
Ke  hears  the  dying  prifoners'  groan, 

And  fees  their  fighs  arife. 

27  He  frees  the  fouls  eondemn'd  to  death, 

And  when  his  faints  complain, 
It  fhan't  be  laid,  "  that  praying  breath 

"  Was  ever  fperit  in  vain." 

1 3  This  fhall  be  known  when  we  are  dead, 

And  left  on  long  record  ; 
That  ages  yet  unborn  may  read, 

And  truft  and  praife  the  Lord. 


t-}6  P  S  A  L  M     CII.     CIII. 

Part  3 — long  metre. 

39  It  is  the  Lord  our  Saviour's  hand 

Weakens  our  ftrength  amidft  the  race  ; 

Difeafe  and  death  at  his  command 
Arreft  us  and  cut  fhort  our  days. 

20  Spare  us,  O  Lord,  aloud  we  pray, 
Nor  let  our  fun  go  down  at  noon  ; 

Thy  years  are  one  eternal  day, 

And  muft  thy  children  die  fo  foon  ? 

21  Yet  in  the  midft  of  death  and  grief 
This  thought  our  forrow  mall  affuage  ; 

**  Our  Father  and  our  Saviour  live  ; 
"  Chrift  is  the  fame  thro'  ev'ry  age." 

22  'Twas  he  this  earth's  foundations  laid  ; 
Heav'n  is  the  building  of  his  hand  ; 

The  earth  grows  old,  theie  heav'ns  (hall  fade 
And  all  be  chang'd  at  his  command. 

23  The  ftarry  curtains  of  the  iky 
Like  garments  ihall  be  laid  aiide  : 

But  ftill  thy  throne  Hands  farm  and  high  ; 
Thy  church  for  ever  muft  abide. 

24  Before  thy  face  thy  church  mail  live, 
And  on  thy  throne  thy  children  reign  ; 

This  dying  world  mall  they  furvive, 
And  the  dead  faints  be  rais'd  again. 


Pfalm  103 — long  metre. 

1   TV  TY  foul,  infpir'd  with  facredlove, 
1.VJL  God's  holy  name  for  ever  blefs ; 

Of  all  his  favors  mindful  prove, 

And  ftill  thy  grateful  thanks  exprefs. 

z  'Tis  he  that  ail  thy  fins  forgives, 
And  after  fickneis  makes  thee  found  ; 


PSALM    CHI.  177 

From  dsnger  he  thy  life  retrieves, 

By  him  with  grace  and  mercy  crown'd, 

3  He  with  good  things  thy  mouth  fupplies, 
Thy  vigor,  eagle-like- renews, 

He,  when  the  guiltlefs  fuff'rer  cries, 
His  foe  with  juft  revenge  purfues. 

4  God  made  of  old  his  righteous  ways 
To  Mofes  and  our  fathers  known  ; 

His  works,  to  his  eternal  praife, 
Were  to  the  fons  of  Jacob  mown. 

5  The  Lord  abounds  with  tender  love, 
And  unexampled  acts  of  grace  ; 

His  waken'd  wrath  does  (lowly  move, 
His  willing  mercy  flows  apace. 

6  God  will  not  always  hardily  chide, 
But  with  his  anger  quickly  part  ; 

And  loves  his  punifnmeuts  to  guide, 
More  by  his  love  than  our  deiert. 

7  As  high  as  heav'n  its  arch  extends 
Above  this  little  fpot  of  clay, 

So  much  his  boundlefs  love  tranfcends 
The  fmall  refpects  that  we  can  pay. 

8  As  far  as  'tis  from  eaft  to  weft, 
So  far  has  he  our  fins  remov'd, 

Who  with  a  father's  tender  breaft 
Has  fuch  as  fear  him  always  lov'd. 

9  For  God,  who  all  our  frame  furveys 
Conliders  that  we  are  but  clay  ; 

How  frefh  foe'er  we  feem,  our  days, 
Like  grafs  or  flow'rs  muft  fade  away. 

10  Whilft  they  are  nipp'd  with  fudden  blafts, 
Nor  can  we  find  their  former  place, 


178  PSALM     CIV. 

God's  faithful  mercy  ever  lafts, 

To  thofe  that  fear  him,  and  their  race. 

1 i  This  fhall  attend  on  fuch  as  ftill 

Proceed  in  his  appointed  way  ; 
And  who  not  only  know  his  will, 

But  to  it  juft  obedience  pay. 

\2  The  Lord  the  univerfal  King, 

In  heav'n  has  fix'd  his  lofty  throne  ; 

To  him,  ye  angels,  praifes  fing, 

In  whofe  great  ftrength  his  power  is  mown, 

13  Ye  that  his  juft  commands  obey, 
And  hear  and  do  his  facred  will ; 

Ye  holts  of.  his  this  tribute  pay, 
Who  ftill  what  he  ordains  fulfil. 

14  Let  ev'ry  creature  jointly  blefs 

The  mighty  Lord  :  and  thou,  my  heart, 
With  grateful  joy  thy  thanks  exprefs, 
And  in  this  concert  bear  thy  part. 


'    Pfalm  104 — long  metre. 

1   T>  LESS  God,  my  foul  :  thou,  Lord  alone 
jD  Po.ffeiTeft  empire  without  bounds, 

With  honor  thou  art  crown'd  ;  thy  throne 
Eternal  mnjefty  furrounds. 

z  With  light  thou  doft  thyfelf  enrobe, 

And  glory  for  a  garment  take  ; 
Heav'ns  curtains  ftretch  beyond  the  globe. 

Thy  canopy  offtate  to  make. 

3  God  builds  on  liquid  air,  and  forms 
His  palace-chambers  in  the  Ikies  ; 

The  clouds  his  chariots  are,  and  ftorms 

The  fwift-wing'd  fteeds  with  which  he  flies. 

4  As  bright  as  flame,  as  fwift  as  wind, 
His  minifters  heav'n's  palace  fill, 


PSALM     CIV.  i79 

To  have  their  fundry  tafks  affign'd  ; 
All  glad  to  ferve  their  Sov'reign's  will. 

5  Earth  on  her  centre  fix'd  he  fet, 
Her  face  with  waters  overfpread  ; 

Nor  proudeft  mountains  dar'd  as  yet 
To  lift  above  the  waves  their  head. 

6  But  when  thy  awful  face  appear'd, 

Th'  infulting  waves  difpers'd  ;  they  fled 

When  once  thy  thunder's  voice  they  heard, 

And  by  their  hafte  confefs'd  their  dread. 

7  Thence  up  by  fecret  tracks  they  creep  : 
And  guihing  from  the  mountain's  fide, 

Through  vallies  travel  to  the  deep, 
Appointed  to  receive  their  tide. 

S  There  haft  thou  fix'd  the  ocean's  bounds, 

The  threat'ning  furges  to  repel ; 
That  they  no  more  o'erpafs  their  mounds, 

Nor  to  a  fecond  deluge  fwell. 

Part  %— 4ong  metre. 

9  The  cryftal  ftreams  from  mountains  drawn, 
Rufh  down  the  rocks  and  cragged  hills  ; 

And  ftarting  jpringsjj  from  ev'ry  lawn, 
Enrich,  the -vales  with  plenteous  rills. 

io  The  field's  tame  beafts  are  thither  gone, 
Weary  with  labor,  faint  with  drought  ; 

And  affes  wild,  on  mountains  bred, 

Have  fenfe  to  find  their  currents  out. 

ii  There  ihady  trees  from  fcorching  beams 
Yield  flieiter  to  the  feather'd  throng ; 

They  drink,  and  to  the  bounteous  ftreams 
Return  the  tribute  of  their  fong. 

iz  His  rains  from  heav'n  parch'd  hills  recruit, 
That  foon  tranfmit.the  liqnid.ftore  ; 


iSo  2  S  A  L  M    CIV. 

Till  earth  is  buvthen'd  with  her  fruit, 
And  nature's  lap  can  hold  no  more. 

13  Grafs  for  our  cattle  to  devour, 

He  makes  the  growth  of  ev'ry  field  ; 
Herbs  for  man's  lift  of  various  pow'r, 
That  either  food  or  phyfic  yield. 

14  With  clufter'd  graces  he  crowns  the  vine, 
To  cheer  man's  heart  opprefs'd  with  cares  j 

Gives  oil  that  makes  his  face  to  fhine. 
And  corn  that  wafted  ftrength  repairs. 

Part  3 — lonj  metre. 

15  The  trees  of  God,  without  the  care 
Or  art  of  man,  with  fap  ? re  fed  j 

The  mountain's  cedar  looks  as  fair 
As  thofe  in  royal  gardens  bred, 

16  Safe  in  the  lofty  cedar's  arms 
The  wand'rers  of  the  ai/  may  reft  ; 

The  hofpitable  fir  from  harms 
.    Protects  the  ftork,  her  yearly  gueft. 

17  Wild  goats  the  craggy  rock  afcend, 

Its  tow'ring  heights  their  fortrefs  make  j 
Its  cells  in  labyrinths  extend, 

Where  feebler  creatures  refuge  take. 

18  The  moon's  inconitant  afpec~t  (hows. 
The  varied  progress  of  the  year  ; 

Th'  ir.itrucr.ei  iun  hij  duty  knows, 
His  hours  to  rife  and  di&ppear. 

19  Barknefs  he  makes  the  cnrth  to  fhroud, 
When  foreft-beaih  fecurely  ftray  ; 

Young  lions  roar  their  wants  aloud 

To  Providence  that  Ccnij  them  prey. 

22  They  ran v^e  all  night,  on  flaughter  bent,  ■     > 
Till  (i  I  by  the  s£Sftg-xaom, 


PSALM     CIV.  »8x 

To  fculk  in  dens,  with  one  confcnt, 
The  confcious  ravagers  return. 

a  i  Forth  to  the  tillage  of  his  foil 

The  hufbandman  fecurely  goes, 
Commencing  with  the  fun  his  toil, 

With  him  returns  to  his  repofe. 

22  How  various,  Lord,  thy  works  are  found, 
For  which  thy  wifdom  we  adore  ? 

The  earth  is  with  thy  treafure  crown'd, 
Till  nature's  hand  can  grafp  no  more. 

Part  4 — long  metre. 

23  But  ft  ill  the  vaft  unfathom'd  main 
Of  wonders,  a  new  fcene  fupplies, 

Whofe  depths  inhabitants  contain 
Of  ev'ry  form  and  ev'ry  fize. 

24  Full  freighted  flaps  from  ev'ry  port 
There  cut  their  unmolefted  way  ; 

Leviathan,  whom  there  to  fport 

Thou  mad'ft  his  compafs  there  to  play. 

-15  Thefe  various  troops  of  fea  and  land 

In  fenfe  of  common  want  agree  ; 
All  wait  on  thy  difpenfing  hand, 

And  have  their  daily  alms  from  thee. 

26  They  gather  what  thy  (lores  difperie, 
Without  their  trouble  to  provide  : 

Thou  op'ft  thy  hand,  the  univerfe, 
The  craving  world,  is  all  fupply'd. 

27  Thou  for  a  moment  hid'il  thy  face, 

The  num'rous  ranks  of  creatures  mourn  ; 
Thou  tak'ft  their  breath,  all  nature's  race 
Forthwith  to  mother  earth  return. 

zl  Again  thou  fend'ft  thy  fpirit  forth, 
T'  infp^re  the  mai'5  with  vital  feed  J 

L 


jS*  PSALM     CV, 

Nature's  reftor'd,  and  parent  earth 
Smiles  on  her  new  created  breed. 

29  Thus  through  fuccelfive  ages  Hands 
Firm  fix'd  thy  providential  care  ; 

Pleas'd  with-the  works  of  thy  own  hands, 
Thou  doll  the  waftes  of  time  repair. 

jo  One  lock  of  thine,  one  wrathful  look, 
Earth's  panting  breaft  with  terror  fills  ; 

One  touch  from  thee,  with  clouds  of  fmoke 
In  da'rknefs  fhrouds  the  proudeft  hills. 

31  In  praifing  God,  while  he  prolongs 
My  breath,  I  will  that  breath  employ  : 

And  join  devotion  to  my  fongs, 
Sincere,  as  in  him  is  my  joy. 

32  While  finners  from  earth's  face  are  hurl'd, 
My  foul,  praife  thou  his  holy  name, 

Till  with  thy  fong,  the  lift'nir.g  world 
Join  concert-,  and  his  praife  proclaim. 


Pfalm   105 — particular  metre. 

1  /^v  Render  thanks,  and  blefs  the  Lord, 
V_/  Invoke  his  ever  facred  name  ; 

Acquaint  the  nations  with  his  deeds, 

His  great  and  matchlefs  deeds  proclaim  : 
His  wond'rous  works  in  hymns  rehearfe, 
Make  them  the  lubjed  of  your  verie. 

2  Rejoice  in  his  almighty  name, 
Y\  hich  only  ought  to  be  ador'd  ; 

And  let  their  hearts  o'erfiow  with  joy, 

Who  feek  with  humble  fear  the  Lord  : 
Seek  ye  the  Lord,  his  ftrength  implore, 
Seek  ye  his  face  for  evermore. 


PSALM     CV.  xgj 

5  The  wonders  which  his  hands  have  wrought, 

Keep  ever  thankfully  in  mind  ; 
With  all  the  featutes  of  his  mouth, 

And  laws  he  hath  to  us  afljgn'd  : 
His  works  are  glorious  to  the  view, 
His  judgments  all  are  juft  and  true. 

4  Know  Ve,  his  fervant  Ahra'm's  feed^ 
And  likewife  Jacob's  chofen  race  : 

He's  ftill  our  God,  and  through  the  earth, 

His  righteous  judgments  will  take  place  : 
His  word,  for  thoufand  ages  paft, 
Hath  Hood,  and  {hail  forever  laft. 

5  His  cov'nant  £rft  to  Abra'm  fign'd, 
By  oath  to  liaac  made  fecure  ; 

To  Jacob,  and  his  heirs,  confrrm'd, 

A  law  for  ever  to  endure  : 
A  teftament  to  Ifrael  made, 
Is  en  a  firm  foundation  laid. 

6  That  Canaan's  land  (hall  be  their  lot, 
When  yet  but  few  of  them  there  were  ; 

But  few  in  number,  andthofe  few, 

Forlorn  and  helplefs  lb-angers  there  : 
From  realm  to  realm  fecure  they  mov'd, 
Whilft  kings  were  for  their  fakes  reprov'd^ 

7  "  Thefe  mipe  anointed  -re  (find  he) 

"  Let  none  my  chofen  fervants  wrong  ^ 
"  Nor  treat  the  poored  prophet  ill, 

*4  That  dbth  to  me,  his  God,  belong  :" 
At  laft  he  made  their  corn  to  fail, 
And  through  the  land' a  dearth  prevail. 

$  But  Jofeph  he  had  fent  before, 
Who  for  a  Have  ws?  fold  and  bound  ; 

His  feet,  fecur'd  within  the  ftoeks, 
Did  galling  liens  pierce  and  wound  :-  • 


i34  PSALM     CV. 

Till  God's  appointed  time  and  word, 
Had  try'd  him,  and  did  help  afford. 

5»  The  king  then  fent,  and  fet  him  free, 
And  lord  of  all  his  houfhold  made  ; 

His  wealth  he  gave  to  him  in  charge, 
Before  him  all  his  counfels  laid  ; 

That  he  might  teach  his  ftatcimen  fkill, 

And  tell  the  princes  of  his  will. 


Part  2 — particular  metre. 

20  To  Egypt  then,  invited  gueits, 

With  i'peed  half  famifh'd  Ifr'el  came  ; 

And  Jacob,  though  a  Granger,  held 
By  royal  grant  the  land  of  Ham  : 

There  God  his  people  multiply'd, 

Till  they  with  their  opprefibrs  vy'd. 

11  Their  vail  increafe,  th'  Egyptian's  hcartv 
With  jealoufy  and  anger  fir'd  ; 

Till  they,  his  fervants  to  deftroy, 

With  fecret  treachery  confpir  d  : 
Their  hearts  againfl  his  people  turned, 
Their  breafts  with  inward  envy  bnrti'J. 

1 2  His  fervant  Mofes  then  he  fent, 
He  fent  his  chofen  Aaron  too  ; 

Empower'd  with  figns  and  miracles, 

To  prove  their  iacred  million  true  : 
Thefe  ihew'd  the  wonders  of  his  hand, 
And  ipread  their  tokens  through  the  land. 

13  He  call'd  for  darknefs,  and  ft  came, 
Yet  would  they  not  his  voice  obey; 

He  tum'd  their  waters  into  blood, 
And  did  their  nth  in  numbers  flay  : 


PSALM     CV.  18s 

A  noifome  peft  of  frogs  was  bred, 
And  fent  to  croak  at  Pharaoh's  bed. 

14  He  gave  the  fign,  and  fwarms  of  flies, 
Came  from  above  in  cloudy  hofts  ; 

While  earth's  enliven'd  dull  below, 

Bred  hateful  lice  through  all  their  coafts  ; 
Hail-ftones  he  did  for  rain  command, 
And  flames  of  fire,  to  plague  the  land. 

15  He  fmote  their  fig-trees  and  their  vines, 
Their  lofty  foreit  trees  deftroy'd  ; 

Locuft  and  caterpillars  join'd 

In  dreadful  fwarms,  the  land  annoy'd  : 
Their  numbers  cover'd  all  the  ground. 
And  eat  the  fruit  and  herbage  round. 

1 5  He,  in  one  night  their  firft-born  fmote, 
The  chief  of  all  their  pride  he  flew  ; 

But  from  their  land,  enrich'd  with  fpoils, 
In  health  and  ftrength  his  fervants  drew  : 

Egypt  was  glad  when  they  remov'd, 

Who  had  to  them  fo  fatal  prov'd. 

17  God  fpread  a  cloud  to  cover  them, 
A  fire  at  night  was  their  Cure  guide  ; 

He  gave  them  quails  at  their  defire, 

And  them  withheav'nly  bread  fupply'd  ; 

He  fmote  the  rock,  and  from  the  wound, 

The  gufhing  waters  flow'd  around. 

a  8  For  he  his  promife  kept  in  mind, 

And  brought  his  people  forth  with  joy  ; 

Gave  tliem  the  fruit  of  others  toil, 

And  did  their  heathen  foes  deftroy  : 

That  they  his  ftatutes  might  obey, 

And  to  his  laws  due  rev'rence  pay* 


M  ?SAL  M     CVI. 

Pfahn  106 — long  metre. 

1   S~\  Render  thanks  to  God  above, 
v_/   The  fountain  of  eternal  love  : 
Whofe  mercy  firm,  through  ages  paft 
Has  flood,  and  iliail  for  ever  Laft. 

a  Who  can  his  mighty  deeds  exprefs, 
Not  only  vaft,  but  numberlefs  ? 
What  mortal  eloquence  can  raife 
His  tribute  of  immortal  praife  ? 

3  Happy  are  they,  and  only  they, 
Who  from  thy  judgments  never  ftray  : 
Who  know  what's  right  ;  nor  only  fo, 
But  always  practice  What  they  know. 

4  Extend  to  me  that  favor,  Lord, 
Thou  to  thy  chofen  doft  afford  ; 
When  thou  return'ft  to  let  them  free, 
Let  thy  ialvation  viiit  me. 

5  O  may  I  worthy  prove  to  fee 
Thy  faints  in  fail  prosperity  ; 
That  I  the  joyful  choir  may  join, 
And  count  thy  people's  triumph  mine. 

6  But,  ah  !  can  we  expect  fuch  grace, 
Of  parents  vile  the  viler  race  ; 
Who  their  mifdeeds  have  acted  o'er, 
And  with  new  crimes  increas'd  the  fcore. 

7  Ungrateful,  they  no  longer  .thought, 
On  ait  his  work  in  Egypt  wrought ; 
The  Red  lea  they  no  fooner  viefw'd, 
But  they  their  bafe  diftruft  renew'd. 

3  Yet  he,  to  vindicate  his  name, 

Once  more  to  their  csliv'rance  came, 
To  make  his  fov'reign  pow'r  be  known, 
That  he  is  God,  and  he  alone. 


P  S  A  L  M     CVI. 

9  To  right  and  left,  at  his  command, 
The  parting  deep  difclos'd  her  fand  ; 
Where  firm  and  dry  the  paffage  lay, 
As  through  fome  parch'd  and  defert  way. 

io  Thus  refcu'd  from  their  foes  they  were, 
Who  clofely  prefs'd.  upon  their  rear  ; 
Whofe  rage  purfu'd  them  to  thofe  waves 
That  prov'd  the  rafh  purfuers'  graves. 

ii  The  wat'ry  mountain's  fudden  fall 

O'erwhelm'd  proud  Pharaoh,  hoi!  and  all 

This  proof  did  ftupid  Ifr'el  move 

To  own  God's  truth,  and  praife  his  love. 

Part  2 — long  metre. 

12  To  God,  the  great,  the  ever  bier!, 
Let  fongs  of  honor  be  addreft  ; 
His  mercy  firm  for  ever  ftands  ; 

Give  him  the  thanks  his  love  demands. 

13  Who  knows  the  wonders  of  thy  ways  ? 
Who  mall  fulfil  thy  boundlefs  praife  ? 
Bleft  are  the  .fouls  that  fear  thee  ftill, 
And  pay  their  duty  to  thy  will. 

14  Remember  what  thy  mercy  did 
For  Jacob's  race,  thy  chofen  feed  ; 
And  with  the  fame  falvation  blels 
The  meaneft  fuppliant  of  thy  grace. 

15  Oh  may  I  fee  thy  tribes  rejoice, 

And  aid  their  triumphs  with  my  voice  : 
This  is  my  glory,  Lord,  to  be 
Jcin'd  to  thy  faints,  and  near  to  thee. 

Part  3 — fhort  metre. 

16  God  of  eternal  love, 
How  fickle  are  our  ways  I 


X3«  PSALM    CVIL 

And  yet  how  oft  did  Ifr'el  prove 
Thy  constancy  cf  grace  ! 

17  They  favv  thy  wonders  wrought, 
And  then  thy  praiie  they  lung  ; 

But  foon  thy  works  of  pow'r  forgot, 
And  murmur'd  with  their  tongue. 

18  Now  they  believe  his  word, 
While  rocks  with  rivers  flow  ; 

Now  with  their  lufts  provoke  the  Lord, 
And  he  reduc'd  them  low. 

19  Yet  when  they  mourn'd  their  faults, 
He  hearken'd  to  their  groans  j 

Brought  his  own  cov'nant  to  his  thoughts, 
And  call'd  them  dill  his  fons. 

20  Their  names  were  in  his  book, 
He  fav'd  them  from  their  foes  : 

Oft  he  chailis'd,  but  ne'er  forfbok 
The  people  that  he  chofe. 

a  1  Let  Ifr'el  blefs  the  Lord, 

Who  lov'd  their  ancient  race  ; 
And  Chriftians  join  the  folemn  word, 
Amen  to  all  the  praife. 


Pfalm  107 — long  metre. 

1  rT,,0  God  your  grateful  voices  raife, 

JL     Who  doth  your  daily  patron  prove  : 
And  let  your  never-ceafmg  praife, 
Attend  on  his  eternal  love. 

2  Let  thofe  give  thanks,  whom  he  from  bands 
Of  proud  oppreffing  foes  releas'd  ; 

And  brought  them  back  from  diftant  lands, 
From  north  a.id  fouth,  and  well  and  eaft. 


P •  S  A  L  3VI     CVII.  Up 

3  Thro'  lonely  defert  ways  they  went, 
Nor  could  a  peopled  city  find  ; 

Till  quite  with  thirft  and  hunger  fpent, 
Their  fainting  foul  within  them  pin'd. 

4  Then  foon  to  God's  indulgent  ear 
Did  they  their  mournful  cry  addrefs  ; 
Who  gracioufly  vouch  faf'd  to  hear, 
And  freed  them  from  their  deep  diftrefs. 

5  From  crooked  paths  he  led  them  forth, 
And  in  the  certain  way  did  guide 

To  wealthy  towns  of  great  refort, 
Where  all  their  wants  were  well  iupply'd. 

6  O  then  that  all  the  earth,  with  me, 
Would  God  for  this  his  goodnefs  praife  ! 
And  for  the  mighty  works  which  he 
Thro'out  the  wonu'ring  world  difplays  I 

7  For  he,  from  heav'n,  the  fad  eftate 
Of  longing  fouls  with  pity  views  ; 
To  hungry  fouls  that  pant  for  meat, 
His  goodnefs  daily  food  renews. 

Part  z — long  metre. 

%  Some  fit  with  darknefs  compafs'd  round, 
In  death's  uncomfortable  fhade  ; 
And  with  unwieldy  fetters  bound, 
By  preffmg  cares  more  heavy  made. 

<?  Becaufe  God's  counfel  they  defy'd, 
And  lightly  prii'd  his  holy  word, 
With  thefe  afrliclions  thev  were  trv'd  ;     .    ' 
They  fell,  and  none  could  help  afford, 
re  Then  foon  to  God's  indulgent  ear 
Did  they  their  mournful  cry  addrefs  ; 
Who  gracioufly  vouchfaf  d'to  hear, 
And  freed  them  from  their  deen  diftrefs, 

L  2 


ipo  PSALM     CVII. 

1 1  From  difmal  dungeons,  dark  as  night, 
And  fhades  as  black  as  death's  abode, 

He  brought  them  forth  to  cheerful  light, 
And  welcome  liberty  beftow'd. 

12  O  then  that  all  the  earth  with  me 
Would  God  for  this  his  goodnel's  praife  ! 

And  for  the  mighty  works  which  he 

Thro'out  the  wond'ring  world  diiplays  ! 

13  For  he,  with  his  almighty  hand, 
The  gates  of  brais  in  pieces  broke  j 

Nor  could  the  marly  bars  witbftand, 
Or  temper'd  fleel  reiift  his  ftroke. 


Part  3 — long  metre. 

14  Remorfeleis  wretches,  void  of  fenfe, 
With  bold  tranlgreilions  God  defy  : 

And,  for  their  muiriply'd  offence, 
OpprtiVd  with  lore  diieai'es  lie. 

15  Their  foul,  a  prey  to  pain  and  fear, 
Abhors  to  tsfte  the  choice!!  meats  ; 

And  they,  by  faint  degrees,  draw  near 
To  death's  inhofpitabk  gates. 

16  Then  ftraight  to  God's  indulgent  e-r 
Do  they  their  mournful  cry  acldieis  ; 

Who  gracioufly  vouchsafes  to  hear 

And  frees  them  from  their  deep  diilrefs. 

17  He  all  their  fad  diflempers  heals, 

Kis  word  both  health  and  iafety  gives  ; 
And  when  all  human  fuccor  fails, 

From  near  deftruclion  them  retrieves. 

IS  O  then  that  z\\  the  earth  with  me 

Would  God  for  this  his  goodneis  praLt  ! 

And  for  the  mighty  works  which  he 

TLio'out  the  word'rirg  worid  diiplays  ! 


PSALM     CVII.  Kjt 

19  With  offrings  let  his  altar  flame, 

Whilft  they  their  grateful  thanks  exprefs  ; 

And  with  loud  joy  his  holy  name. 
For  all  his  acts  of  wonder  biefs  ! 


Part  4 — long  metre. 

20  They  that  in  mips,  with  courage  bold, 
O'er  fwelling  waves  their  trade  purfue, 

Do  God's  amazing  works  behold, 
And  in  the  deep  his  wonders  view, 

2 1  No  fooner  his  command  is  pall, 
But  forth  a  dreadful  tempeft  flies, 

Which  fweeps  the  fea  with  rapid  hafte, 
And  makes  the  ftormy  billows  rife. 

zz  Sometimes  the  (hips,  tofs'd  up  to  heav'n, 
On  tops  of  mountain  waves  appear  ; 

Then  down  the  fteep  abyfs  are  driv'n, 
Whilft  ev'ry  foul  diitolves  with  fear. 

*3  They  reel  and  ftagger  to  and  fro, 

Like  men  with  fumes  of  wine  oppreft  ; 

Nor  do  the  fkilful  feamen  know, 

Which  way  to  fleer,  what  courfe  is  belt. 

24  Then  flraight  to  God's  indulgent  ear 
They  do  their  mournful  cry  addrefs  ; 

Who  graciouily  vouchfafes  to  heer, 

And  frees  them  from  their  deep  diftrefs. 

25  He  does  the  raging  ftorm  appeafe, 
And  makes  the  billows  calm  and  ilill  ; 

With  joy  they  fee  their  fury  ceafe, 
And  their  intended  courfe  fulfil. 

26  O  then  that  all  the  earth  with  me, 
Would  God  for  this  his  goodntfs  praife 

And  for  the  mighty  works  which  he 

'Hir-vo^t  t&e  weaiTrmg  world  difplays  ! 


x$z  P  S  A  L  M     CVII. 

i-j  Let  them  where  all  the  faints  refort, 
Advance  to  heav'n  his  glorious  name  ; 

And  in  the  aflembled  elder's  court, 
With  gratitude  his  praife  proclaim. 


Part  5 — long  metre. 

aS  A  fruitful  land,  where  ftreams  abound, 

God's  juft  revenge,  if  people  fin, 
Will  turn  to  dry  and  barren  ground, 

To  punifli  thofe  that  dwell  therein. 

29  The  parch'd  and  defert  heath  he  makes 
To  flow  with  ftreams  and  fpringing  wells, 

Which  for  his  lot  the  hungry  takes 
And  in  ftrong  cities  fafely  dwells. 

30  He  fows  the  field,  the  vineyard  plants, 
Which  gratefully  his  toil  repay  ; 

Nor  can,  whilft  God  his  blefhng  grants, 
His  fruitful  feed  or  ftock  decay. 

31  But  when  his  fins  Heav'n's  wrath  provoke, 
His  health  and  fub fiance  fade  away, 

He  feels  th'  opprefibrs'  galling  yoke, 
And  is  of  grief  the  wretched  prey. 

3  a  The  prince  that  flights  what  God  commands, 
Expos'd  to  fcorn,  rnuft  quit  his  throne  ; 

And  over  wild  and  defert  lands, 

Where  no  path  offers,  flray  alone. 

^2>  Whilft  God,  from  all  afflicting  cares, 
Sets  up  the  humble  man  on  high  ; 

And  makes  in  time  his  numerous  heirs 
With  his  increafing  flock  to  vie. 

34  Then  finners  fhall  have  nought  to  fay, 
The  juft  a  decent  joy  fnall  (liow  : 

The  wife  thefe  ftrange  events  (hall  weigh. 
And  thence  God's  geodnefs  fully  know. 


PSALM     CVIH.  193 

Pfalm  10S — long  metre. 

1  /~\  God,  my  heart  is  fully  bent, 
V/  To  magnify  thy  glorious  nam^ 

My  tongue  with  cheerful  fongs  of  praife 
Shall  ftrive  to  celebrate  thy  fame. 

2  Twake  my  lute,  nor  thou  my  harp, 
Thy  dulcit  warbling  notes  delay  ; 

Whilft  I  with  early  hymns  of  joy 
Prevent  the  dawning  of  the  day. 

3  To  all  the  lift'ning  tribes,  O  Lord, 
Thy  works  of  wonder  I  will  tell  ; 

And  to  thofe  nations  ling  thy  praife, 
E'en  thofe  who  round  about  us  dwell. 

4  Becaufe  thy  mercy's  boundlefs  height 
The  higheit  heav'n  itfelf  tranfcends, 

And  far  beyond  th'  afpiring  clouds, 
Thy  faithful  truth,  O  Lord,  extends. 

5  Be  thou,  O  Gocl,  exalted  high, 
Above  the  glitt'ring  ftarry  frame  ; 

And  let  the  world  with  one  confent 
Confefs  thy  great  and  glorious  name. 

€  That  all  thy  chofen  people,  thee, 
Their  God  and  Saviour  may  declare  ; 

Let  thy  right  hand  protect  me  ftill, 
And  anfwer  thou  my  humble  pray'r. 

7  Since  Gocl  himfelf  hathfaid  the  word, 
\Vhofe  faithful  promiie  cannot  fail  ; 

With  joy  I  Sichem  will  divide, 

And  meafure  Succoth's  fruitful  vale. 

S  Gilead  is  mine,  Manaffeh  too, 

And  Ephraim  like  wife  owns  my  caufe  ; 

Their  ftrength  my  regal  pow'r  fuppprts, 
And  Judah  piibliihes  my  laws. 


294  PSALM     CIX. 

9  Moab  I'll  make  my  fervile  drudge; 

On  vanquiih'd  Edom  I  will  tread  ; 
And  through  the  proud  Philiftine  land 

Will  my  triumphant  banners  fpread. 

10  By  whole  fupport  and  aid,  ihall  I 
The  well  defended  city  gain  \ 

Who  will  my  troops  iecurely  lead 

Through  Edom's  itrongly  guarded  plain 

ii  Lord,  wilt  not  thou  ailift  our  arms, 
Which  thou  fo  lately  did'ft  forfcke  ? 

And  vv'ilt  not  thou  of  thefe  our  holts 
Once  more  the  foie  direction  take  ? 

is   O  to  thy  fervants  in  diftrefs, 

Thy  help  and  tpeedy  faccor  fend  1 

Fcr  vain  it  is,  on  human  aid, 
For  iafety  ever  to  depend. 

13  Then  valiant  acts  (hall  we  perform, 
If  thou  wilt  thy  great  pow'r  dilcloie  ; 

For  God  it  is,  and  God  alone, 

That  treads  down  all  our  haughty  foes, 


Tfalm   109 — common  metre. 

i   S~\  God,  whole  former  mercies  make 
V^  My  conitant  praifc  thy  due, 

Hold  not  thy  peace,  but  my  iai  ftate 
With  wonted  favors  view. 

i  For  finful  men,  with  lying  lips, 

Deceitful  fpeeches  frame, 
.And  with  their  ftudy'd  Ganders  leek 

To  wound  my  fpotlefs  fame. 

3  Their  reliefs  hatred  prompt:  them  ftill 

Malicious  lies  to  lprccii  : 
And  all  again  ft  my  life  combine, 

ft 


P  S  A  L  M    CIX>  ips 

4  Thofe  whom  with  tend'reft  love  I  us'd, 
Mv  chief  oppofers  are  ; 

Whil'ft  I,  of  other  friends  bereft, 
Reibrt  to  thee  by  pray'r. 

5  Since  mifchief  for  the  good  I  did 
Their  ftrange  reward  does  prove  ; 

And  hatred's  the  return  they  make 
For  undiffembied  love  ; 

6  Their  guilty  leader  fhall  be  made 
To  fome  ill  man  a  Have  : 

And  when  he's  try'd  his  mortal  foe 
For  his  accufer  have. 

7  His  guilt  when  fentence  is  pronounc'd, 
Shall  meet  a  dreadful  fate  ; 

Whilft  his  rejected  pray'r  but  ferves 
His  crimes  to  aggravate. 

S  He,  flung  with  deep  remorfe,  an  end 

Of  his  own  life  (hall  make  ; 
Another,  by  divine  decree, 

Shall  his  high  office  take. 

p  His  feed  mall  orphans  be,  his  wife 

A  widow  plung'd  in  grief  ; 
His  vagrant  children  beg  their  bread> 

Where  none  can  give  relief* 

io  His  ill-got  riches  fhall  be  made, 

To  ufurers  a  prey  ; 
The  fruit  of  all  his  toil  fhall  be 

Ey  fL-angers  borne  awav. 

ii  None  fhall  be  found  that  to  hfe  war^- 

Their  mercy  will  extend. 
Or  to  his  heiplefs  orphan-feed 

The  leaft  aJEfUiace  krad, 


i96  P  S  A  L  M     CIX.    CX. 

12  A  fwift  deftruclion  foon  fhall  feize 

On  his  unhappy  race  ; 
And  the  next  age  his  hated  name, 

Shall  utterly  deface. 


Part  2 — common  metre. 

13  God  of  my  mercy  and  my  praife, 
Thy  glory  is  my  fong, 

Tho'  -Tinners  fpeak  againft  thy  grace 
With  a  blafpheming  tongue. 

14  When  in  the  form  of  mortal  man 
Thy  Son  on  earth  was  found  ; 

With  cruel  flanders  falfe  and  vain 
They  compafs'd  him  around. 

15  Their  mis'ries  his  companion  mover 
Their  peace  he  ft  ill  purfu'd  ; 

They  render  hatred  for  his  love, 
And  evil  for  his  good. 

16  Their  malice  rag'd  without  a  caufe, 
Yet  with  his  dying  breath 

He  pray'd  for  murd'rers  on  his  crofs, 
And  bleft  his  foes  in  death. 

17  Lord  Paall  thy  bright  example  mine 
In  vain  before  my  eyes  ; 

Give  me  a  foal  a-kiri  to  thine, 
To  love  mine  enemies. 

1 S  The  Lord  ftlall  on  my  fide  engage, 
And  in  my  Saviour's  name 

J  fhall  defeat  their  pride  and  rag:, 
Who  flancler  and  condemn. 


Pfahn  no — long  metre. 

THE  Lord,  th'  eternal  Father  frJake 
To  Chrift  my  Lord  :  w  Afcend  and  fit 


PSALM     CX.  ii>7 

"  At  my  right  hand,  till  I  (hall  make 
"  Thy  foes  fubmiffive  at  thy  feet. 

2  "  From  Sion  mail  thy  word  proceed, 
"  Thy  word,  the  fceptre  in  thy  hand, 

"  Shall  make  the  hearts  of  rebels  bleed, 
"  And  bow  their  wills  to  thy  command. 

3  "  That  day  fhall  (hew  thy  pow'r  is  great, 

"  When  faints  fhall  flock  with  willing  minds, 
*'  And  iinners  crow'd  thy  temple-gate, 
"  Where  holinefs  in  beauty  mines. 

4  "  O  bleffed  pow'r  !  O  glorious  day  ! 
"  What  a  large  vict'ry  fhall  enfue  ; 

"  And  converts,  who  thy  grace  obey, 
"  Exceed  the  drops  of  morning  dew." 

5  The  Lord  pronoune'd  his  firm  decree, 
Nor  will  he  fwerve  from  what  he  fwore  : 

"  Eternal  mall  thy  priefthood  be, 

"  And  change  from  hand  to  hand  no  more 

6  "  Aaron,  and  all  his  fons,  muft  die  : 
"  But  everlafting  life  is  thine, 

"  To  fave  for  ever  thofe  that  fly 

"  For  refuge  from  the  wrath  divine. 

7  "  Melchifedec  was  made  bv  me 

"  On  earth  a  king  and  prieft  at  once  ; 
"  Of  his  high  order  thou  fhalt  be, 
"  A  king  and  prieft  to  all  my  fons." 

8  Jefus  the  prieft  afcends  his  throne, 
While  counfels  of  eternal  peace, 

Between  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
Proceed  with  honor  and  fuccefs. 

9  Thro'  the  whole  earth  his  reign  fhall  fpread 
And  crufti  the  pow'rs  that  dare  rebel : 


j9S  P  S  A  L  M    CXI. 

Then  Cball  he  judge  the  rifing  dead. 
And  fend  the  guilty  world  to  helL 

10  Tho'  while  he  treads  his  glorious  way. 
He  drinks  the  bitter  fire  am  alone  ; 

The  fufFrings  of  that  dreadful  day 

Shall  ferve  t'  advance  him  to  the  throne, 


Pfalm  in — long  metre. 

i   T)RAISE  ye  the  Lord  :  our  God  to  praife, 
jL     My  foul  her  utmoft  pow'r  mall  raife  j 
With  private  friends,  and  in  the  throng 
Of  faints,  his  praife  mall  be  my  fong. 

a  His  works,  for  greatnefs  though  renown'd, 
His  wond'rous  works  with  eafe  are  found 
By  thofe  who  feek  for  them  aright, 
And  in  the  pious  fearch  delight. 

3  His  works  are  all  of  matchlefs  fame. 
And  univerfal  glory  claim  : 

His  truth,  confirm'd  through  ages  paft, 
Shall  to  eternal  ages  laft. 

4  By  precept  he  has  us  enjoin'd, 

To  keep  his  wond'rous  works  in  mind, 

And  to  posterity  record, 

That  good  and  gracious  is  our  Lord. 

5  His  bounty,  like  a  flowing  tide, 
Has  all  his  fervants'  wants  fupply'd  ; 
And  he  will  ever  keep  in  mind 

His  cov'nant  with  our  fathers  fign'd. 

6  At  once  aflonifn'd  and  o'erjoy'd, 

They  faw  his  matchlefs  pow'r  employ'd  j 
Whereby  the  heathen  were  fupprefs'd, 
And  we  their  heritage  poflefs'd. 

j  Jufl>are  the  dealings  of  his  hands, 
Immutable  are  his  commands  j 


P  S  A  L  M     CXII.  i99 

By  truth  and  equity  fuftain'd, 
And  for  eternal  rules  ordain'd. 

He  fet  his  faints  from  bondage  free, 
And  then  eftablifh'd  his  decree, 
For  ever  to  remain  the  lame  : 
Holy  and  rev'rend  is  his  name. 

Who  wifdom's  facred  prize  would  win, 
Muil  with  the  fear  of  God  begin  ; 
Immortal  praife  and  heav'niyTkill 
Have  they  who  know  and  do  his  will. 


Pfalm  112 — long  metre. 

!   f  t  'HAT  man  is  blefs'd  who  Hands  in  awe 
A     Of  God,  and  loves  his  facred  law  : 
His  feed  on  earth  fhall  be  renown'd, 
And  with  fucceffive  honors  crown'd. 

2  His  houfe,  the  feat  of  wealth  mall  be, 
An  inexhaufted  treafury  ; 

Kis  juftice,  free  from  all  decay, 
Shall  bleffings  to  his  heirs  convey. 

3  The  foul  that's  fill'd  with  virtue's  light, 
Shines  brighter!  in  affliction's  night  : 
To  pity  the  diftrefs'd  inclin'd, 

As  well  as  juft  to  all  mankind. 

4  His  lib'ral  favors  he  extends  ; 

To  fome  he  gives,  to  others  lends  : 
Yet  what  his  charity  impairs 
He  faves  by  prudence  in  affairs. 

5  Befet  with  threat'ning  dangers  round, 
Unmov'd  lhall  he  maintain  his  ground  : 
The  fweet  remembrance  ofthe  juft 
Shall  fiourim  when  he  (kens  in  duft. 


aoo  PSALM     CXIIL 

6  111  tidings  never  can  furprife 
His  heart  that  fix'd  on  God  relies  : 
On  fafety's  rock  he  iits,  and  fees 
The  (hipwreck  of  his  enemies. 

7  His  hands,  while  they  his  alms  beftow'd, 
His  glory's  future  harveft  low'd  j 

His  works  of  piety  an4»love, 

Are  known  on  earth,  and  own'd  above. 

8  The  wicked  (hall  his  triumph  fee, 
And  gnafh  their  teeth  in  agony  ; 
While  their  unrighteous  hopes  decay, 
And  vanilh  with  themfelves  awav. 


Pfalm  ii3 — long  metre. 

i  "V"E  fervant*of  th'  almighty  King, 
JL     In  ev'ry  age  his  praiies  ring  ; 
Where'er  the  fun  mall  rife  or  fet, 
The  nations  ihall  his  praife  repeat. 

a  Above  the  earth,  beyond  the  iky, 
His  throne  of  glory  ftands  on  high  ; 
Nor  time,  nor  place  his  pow'r  reftrain, 
Nor  bound  his  univerfal  reign. 

3  Which  of  the  fons  of  Adam  dare, 
Or  angels  with  their  God  compare  ? 
His  glories  how  divinely  bright  I 
Who  dwells  in  uncreated  light  ! 

4  Behold  his  love,  he  ftoops  to  visw 
What  faints  above  and  angels  do  ; 
And  condefcends  yet  more  to  know 
The  mean  affairs  of  men  below. 

5  From  dull  and  cottages  obfcure 
His  grace  exalts  the  humble  poor  1 
Gives  them  the  honor  of  his  fons, 

And  fits  them  for  their  hcav'nly  thrones. 


PSALM     CXIV.  2o 

6  A  word  of  his  creating  voice 

Can  moke  the  barren  houfe  rejoice  : 
Tho'  Sarah's  ninety  years  were  pall, 
The  promis'd  feed  is  born  at  laft. 

7  With  joy  the  mother  views  her  fon, 
And  tells  the  wonders  God  has  done, 
Faith  may  grow  ftrong  when  fenfe  defpairs  ; 
If  nature  fails,  the  promife  bears. 

Pfalm  114 — long  metre. 

i  TT7HEN  Ifr'el  freed  from  Pharaoh's  hand, 
W     Left  the  proud  tyrant  and  his  land, 
The  tribes  with  cheerful  homage  own 
Their  King,  and  judah  was  his  throne. 

%  Acrofs  the  deep  their  journey  lay  ; 
The  deep  divides  to  make  them  way  ; 
Jordan  beheld  their  march,  and  fled 
With  backward  current  to  his  head. 

3  The  mountains  (hook  like  frighted  iheep, 
Like  la?nbs  the  little  hillocks  leap  ! 
Not  Sinai  on  her  bafe  could  Hand, 
Confcious  of  fov'reign  power  at  hand. 

4.  Whatpow'r  could  make  the  Jeep  divide  ? 
Make  Jordan  backward  roll  his  tide  < 
Why  did  ye  leap,  ye  little  hills  ? 
And  whence  the  dread  that  Sinai  feels  ? 

5  Let  ev'ry  mountain,  ev'ry  flood 
Retire  and  know  th'  approaching  God, 
The  king  of  Ifrael  :  fee  him  here  ; 
Tremble  thou  earth,  adore  and  fear* 

6  He  thunders,  and  all  nature  mourns, 
The  rock  to  Handing  pools  he  turns  ; 
Flints  fpring  with  fountains  at  his  word, 
And  arcs  and  feas  confefs  the  Lord. 


402  P  S  A  L  M     CXV. 

Pfalm  115 — long  metre. 

1  TWTOT  to  ourfelves,  who  are  but  duft, 
JlN    Not  to  ourfelves  is  glory  due, 

Eternal  God,  thou  only  juft, 

Thou  only  gracious,  wife  and  true. 

2  Difplay  to  earth  thy  dreadful  name  ; 
Why  mould  a  heathen's  haughty  tongue* 

Infult  us,  and  to  raife  our  fliame, 

Say,"  Where's  the  God  you've  ferv'd  fo  long  ?*' 

3  The  God  we  ferve  maintains  his  throne* 
Above  the  clouds,  beyond  the  ikies  ; 

Thro'  all  the  earth  his  will  is  done, 

He  knows  our  groans,  he  hears  our  cries. 

4  But  the  vain  idols  they  adore 

Are  fenfclefs  (napes  of  ftone  and  wood : 
At  beft  a'mafs  of  glitt'ring  ore, 
A  iilver  faint,  or  golden  god. 


Part  % — common  metre. 

5  O  Xfr'el  make  the  Lord  your  tra '.:, 
Who  is  your  help  and  fhield  ; 

Priefts,  Levites,  trait  in  him  alone, 
Who  only  help  can  yield. 

6  Let  all  who  truly  fear  the  Lord, 
On  him  their  fear  rely  ; 

Who  them  in  danger  can  defend, 
And  all  their  wapts  fupply. 

7  Of  us  he  oft  has  mindful  been, 
And  IiVers  houfe  will  blels  ;  • 

Priefts,  Levites,  Profelytes,  e'en  all 
Wh©  his  great  name  confefs, 

8  On  you,  and  on  your  heirs,  he  will 
Increafs  of ble  .     .-..'«,; 


PSAL  M     CXVI.  203 

Thrice  happy  you,  who  fav'rites  are 

Of  this  almighty  King. 

9  Heav'n's  higheft  orb  of  glory  he 
His  empire's  feat  defign'd  ; 
And  gave  this  lower  globe  of  earth 
A  portion  to  mankind. 

10  They  who  in  death  and  filence  fieep, 

To  him  no  praife  afford  : 
But  we  will  blefs  for  evermore 

Our  ever-living  Lord. 


Pfalm  1 16— common  metre. 

1  T  Love  the  Lord  :  he  heard  my  cries, 
Jl     And  pity'd  ev'ry  groan, 

Long  as  I  live  when  troubles  rife, 
I'll  haften  to  his  throne. 

2  I  love  the  Lord,  he  bow'd  his  ear, 
And  chas'd  my  griefs  away  : 

Oh,  let  my  heart  no  more  defpair, 
While  I  have  breath  to  pray. 

3  My  flefn  declin'd,  my  fpirits  fell, 
And  I  drew  near  the  dead, 

While  inward  pangs  and  fears  of  hell 
Perplex'd  my  wakeful  head. 

4  "  My  God,  I  cry'd,  thy  fcrvant  lave. 
"  Thou  ever  good  and  juft  ; 

*'  Thy  pow'r  can  refcue  from  the  grave, 
"  Thy  power  is  all  my  truft." 

5  The  Lord  beheld  me  fore  diftreft, 
He  bade  my  pains  remove  : 

Return,  my  fpul,  to  God  thy  reft, 
For  thou  haft  known  his  love. 

6  My  God  hath  fav'd.my  foul  frcffh  death 
And  cJryMj  my  failing  tearo  ; 


ao4         PSA1  M     CXVI.     CXVII. 

Now  to  his  praife  I'll  fpend  my  breath, 
And  my  remaining  years. 

Part  2 — common  metre. 

7  What  (hall  I  render  to  my  God 
For  all  his  kindnefs  lhown  ? 

My  feet  (hall  vifit  thine  abode, 
'  My  fongs  addrefs  thy  throne. 

8  Among  the  faints  that  fill  thine  houfe, 
My  off 'rings  mall  be  paid  ; 

There  fhall  my  zeal  perform  my  vows, 
My  foul  in  anguiih  made. 

9  How  much  is  mercy  thy  delight, 
Thou  ever-bleffed  God  ! 

How  dear  thy  fervants  in  thy  fight ! 
How  precious  is  their  blood  ! 

io  How  happy  all  thy  fervants  are  ! 

How  great  thy  grace  to  me  ! 
My  life,  which  thou  haft  made  thy  care, 

Lord,  1  devote  to  thee. 

ii  Now  I  am  thine,  for  ever  thine, 
Nor  (hall  my  purpofe  move  ! 

Thy  hands  have  loos'd  my  bonds  of  pain 
And  bound  me  with  thy  love. 

ia  Here  in  thy  courts  I  leave  my  vow, 
And  thy  rich  grace  record  : 

Witnefs,  ye  faints,  who  hear  me  now, 
If  I  forfake  the  Lord. 


Pfalm  117 — long  metre. 

t  T^ROM  all  that  dwell  below  the  ikie? 
JL     Let  the  Creator's  praife  arife  : 
Let  the  Redeemer's  name  be  fang 
Thro'  ev'ry  land,  by  cv'ry  tongue. 


PSALM     CXVIII.  2o5 

2  Eternal  are  thy  mercies,  Lord  ; 
Eternal  truth  attends  thy  word  ; 
Thy  praife  mall  found  from  more  to  more, 
Till  funs  ihall  fet  and  rife  no  more. 


Pfalm  11S — common  metre. 

i    /~\  Praife  the  Lord,  for  he  is  good, 

\^J  His  mercies  ne'er  decay  ; 
That  his  kind  favors  ever  laft, 
Let  thankful  Ifr'el  fay. 

2  Their  fenfe  of  his  eternal  love 
Let  Aaron's  houfe  exprefs  ; 

And  that  it  never  fails,  let  all 
That  fear  the  Lord  confefs. 

3  To  God  I  made  my  humble  moan, 
With  troubles  quite  oppreft  ; 

And  he  releas'd  me  from  my  ftraits, 
And  granted  my  requeft.' 

4  Since,  therefore,  God  does  on  my  fide 
So  rraciouily  appear, 

Why  mould  the  vain  attempts  of  men 
PoiTefs  my  foul  with  fear  ? 

Part  2 — common  metre.  . 

5  The  Lord  appears  my  helper  now. 
Nor  is  my  faith  afraid 

What  ail  the  fons  of  earth  can  do, 
Since  Iieav'n  aifords  its  aid. 

6  'Tis  fafer,  Lord,  to  hope  in  thee 
And  have  my  God  my  friend, 

Thantruftin  men  of  hu-Ji  degree, 
And  on  their  truth  depend. 

7  JTis  thro'  tlie  Lord  my  he,art  is  u-ong. 
In  him  mv  lips  srejoiqe.  ; 

M 


2o6  PSALM     CXVIII. 

While  his  falvation  is  my  fong, 
How  cheerful  is  my  voice  ! 

8  Like  angry  bees  they  girt  me  round  ; 
When  God  appears  they  fly  : 

So  burning  thorns  with  crack'iing  found 
Make  a  rierce  blaze  and  die. 

9  Joy  to  the  faints  and  peace  belongs  ; 
The  Lord  protects  their  days  : 

Let  Ifr'el  tune  immortal  fongs 
To  his  almighty  grace. 

Part  3 — common  metre. 

io  Lord,  thou  haft  heard  thy  fervant  crv„ 
And  refcu'd  from  the  grave  ; 

Now  lhall  he  live  :  (and  none  can  die 
If  God  reiblve  to  fave.) 

1 1  Thy  praife  more  conftant  than  before} 
Shall  fill  his  daily  breath  ; 

Thy  hand  that  hath  chaftis'd  him  fore 
Defends  him  ilill  from  death. 

12  Open  the  gate  of  Sion  now, 
For  we  fhall  worihip  there, 

The  houfe  where  all  the  righteous  go 
Thy  mercy  to  declare. 

13  Amongit  th'  affemblies  of  thy  faints 
Our  thankful  voice  we  raife  ; 

There  we  have  told  thee  our  complaints. 
And  there  we  fpeak  thy  praife. 


Part  4 — common  metre. 

14  Behold  the  fure  foundation-ftone 
Which  Gcd  in  Sion  lays, 

To  build  our  heav'nly  hopes  upon, 
And  his  eternal  praife. 


PSALM     CXVIIL  207 

1 5  Chofen  of  God  to  finners  dear, 
And  faints  adore  the  name, 

The-,'  truft  their  whole  falvation  here, 
Nor  mall  they  fuffer  fhame. 

16  The  foolifh  builders,  fcribe  and  prieft, 
Rejecl.  it  with  difdain  ; 

Firm  on  this  rock  the  church  fhall  reft, 
And  envy  rage  in  vain. 

17  What  tho'  the  gates  of  hell  withftood  ? 
Yet  muft  this  building  rife  : 

'Tis  thy  own  work,  almighty  God, 
And  wond'rous  in  our  eyes. 

Part  5 — common  metre. 

1 8  This  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made, 
He  calls  the  hours  his  own  ; 

Letheav'n  rejoice,  let  earth  be  glad, 
Andpraife  furround  the  throne. 

19  To-day  he  rofe  and  left  the  dead  ; 
And  fatan's  empire  fell  ; 

To-day  the  faints  his  triumph  fpread, 
And  all  his  wonders  tell. 

20  Hofannah  to  the  anointed  King, 
To  David's  holy  Son, 

Help  us,  O  Lord,  defcend  and  bring 
Salvation  from  thy  throne. 

21  Bleft  is  the  Lord  who  comes  to  msn 
With  meffages  of  grace  : 

Who  comes  in  God  his  Father's  name  5 
To  fave  our  finful  race. 

22  Hofannah  in  the  higheft  ftrains 
The  church  on  earth  can  raife  ; 

The  higheft  heav'ns  in  which  he  reigns, 
Shall  give  him  nobler  praife. 


2oS       PSALM     CXVIII.     CXIX* 

Part  6 — common  metre. 

23  God  is  the  Lord,  through  whom  we  all 
Both  light  and  comfort  find  ; 

Faft  to  the  altar's  horns  with  cords 
The  chofen  victim  bind. 

24  Thou  art  my  Lord,  O  God,  and  Hill 
I'll  prai  fe  thy  holy  name  ; 

Becaufe  thou  only  art  my  God, 
I'll  celebrate  thy  fame. 

25  O  then  with  me  give  thanks  to  God, 
Who  ftill  does  gracious  prove  ; 

And  let  the  tribute  of  our  praife 
Be  endleis  as  his  love. 


Pfalm  119 — common  metre. 

a  l  e  p  h. — Part  1. 

1  T.TOW  blefs'd  are  they  who  always  keep 
il     The  pure  and  perfect  way  ; 

Who  never  from  the  lacred  paths 
Of  God's  commandments  ftray. 

2  Thrice  blefs'd  !   the  men  who  keep  his  word, 
And  practice  his  commands  : 

Who  feek  the  Lord  with  all  their  hearts, 
And  ferve  him  with  their  hands. 

3  Such  men  their  utmoft  caution  ufe 
To  fhun  each  wicked  deed  ; 

And  in  the  path  which  he  directs 
With  conftant  care  proceed. 

4  Thou  ftriclly  haft  enjoinM  us,  Lord, 

To  learn  thy  facrcd  will ; 
And  all  our  diligence  employ 
Thy  ftatutes  to  fulfil. 

5  O  then  that  thy  moft  holy  word 
Might  o'er  my  ways  prelide  \ 


PSALM    CXIX.  2c$ 

And  I  the  courfe  of  all  my  life 
By  thy  direction  guide  ! 

6  Then  with  aflurance  mould  I  walk, 
When  by  thy  grace  renew'd  ; 

While  faith  and  hope  and  love  unite, 
To  prove  my  gratitude. 

7  My  upright  heart  (hall  my  glad  mouth 
With  cheerful  praifes  fill ; 

When  by  thy  righteous  judgments  taught, 
I  fhall  have  learnt  thy  will. 

8  Thy  ftatutes,  Lord,  I  ftrive  to  make 
My  ftudy  night  and  day  ; 

O  then  forfake  me  not,  my  God, 
Nor  oaft  me  quite  away. 


bet  h. — Part  z — common  metre. 
9  How  fhall  the  young  fecure  their  hearts, 
And  guard  their  lives  from  fin  ; 
Thy  word  the  choiceft  rule  imparts 
To  keep  the  confcience  clean. 

io  With  my  whole  heart  I've  fought  thy  face, 

O  let  me  never  ftray 
From  thy  commands,  O  God  of  grace, 

Nor  tread  the  finner's  way. 

1 1  Thy  word  I've  hid  within  my  heart, 
To  keep  my  confcience  clean, 

And  be  an  everlafting  guard 
From  ev'ry  rifing  fin. 

12  O  Lord,  to  me  thy  ftatutes  {hew, 
And  heav'nly  truth  impart, 

Thy  work  for  ever  I'll  purfue, 
Thy  law  fhall  rule  my  heart. 

13  Thy  faithful  words  my  heart  engage, 
And  well  employ  ray  tongue, 

M  x 


*xo  P  SA  L  INT    CXIX. 

And  in  my  tirefome  pilgrimage 
Yield  me  a  heav'nly  fong. 

14  I  choofe  the  path  of  heav'nly  truth, 
And  glory  in  my  choice  ; 

Not  all  the  riches  of  the  earth 
Could  make  me  fo  rejoice. 

15  The  teftimonies  of  thy  grace 
I  fet  before  my  eyes  ; 

Thence  I  derive  my  daily  ftrength, 
And  there  my  comfort  lies. 

16  To  meditate  thy  precepts,  Lord, 
Shall  be  my  fweet  employ  ; 

My  foul  mall  ne'er  forget  thy  word, 
Thy  word  is  all  my  joy. 

g  1  m  e  l. — Part  3 — common  metre. 

17  Be  gracious  to  thy  fervant,  Lord, 
Do  thou  my  life  defend, 

That  I  according  to  thy  word 
My  time  to  come  may  ipend. 

iS  Enlighten  both  my  eyes  and  mind. 

That  ib  I  may  difcern 
The  wond'rous  things  which  they  behold. 

Who  thy  juft  precepts  learn. 

10  Tho'  like  a  ftranger  in  the  land, 

I  far  away  fhould  flray, 
Thy  righteous  judgments  from  my  fight, 

Remove  not  thou  away. 

20  My  fainting  foul  is  almoft  pin"d, 

With  earned  longings  {"pent ; 
Whilli  always  on  the  eager  fearch 

Of  thy  juft  will  intent. 

si  Thy  (harp  rebuke  flial]  c~u!n  th/ 
Whom  ftill  thv  curie  puvfues; 


PSALM    CXIX. 

Since  they  to  walk  in  thy  right  ways 
Preiumpt'oufly  refufe. 

22  But  fa;  from  me  do  thou,  O  Lord, 

Contempt  and  (harne  remove  ; 
For  I  thy  lacred  laws  refpect 

With  undiffembled  love. 

33   Though  princes  oft,  in  council  met, 

Againlt  thy  fervant  fpake  ; 
Yet  I  thy  ftatutes  to  obferve, 

My  conftant  bus'nefs  make. 

^4  The  teftimonies  of  thy  grace 

Afford  my  foul  delight  ; 
By  them  I  learn,  with  prudent  care, 

To  guide  my  fteps  aright. 

d    a  l  e  t  h. — Part  4 — common  metre, 

z$  My,  foul  lies  cleaving  to  the  duft  ; 

Lord,  give  me  life  divine  ; 
From  vain  defires,  and  every  luft 

Turn  offthefe  eyes  of  mine. 

16  When  I  confefs'd  my  wand' ring  ways, 
Thou  heard 'ft  my  ibul  complain  ; 

Grant  me  the  teachings  of  thy  grace 
Or  I  {hall  iff  ray  again. 

2  7   Oh  that  the  Lord  would  guide  my  ways 

To  keep  his  ftatutes  ftill  ; 
Oh  that  my  God  would  grant  me  grace 
To  know  and  do  his  will  ! 

28  Behold  thy  waiting  fervant,  Lord, 

Devoted  to  thy  fear  ; 
Fxemember  and  confirm  thy  word, 

For  all  my  hopes  are  there. 

2j>  Oh  fen£  thy  fpirit  down  to  writs 


2i2  PSALM    CXIX. 

Nor  let  my  tongue  indulge  deceit, 
Nor  act  the  liar's  part. 

30  Didft  thou  not  raife  my  faith,  O  Lord  ? 
Then  let  thy  truth  appear  ; 

Saints  fhall  rejoice  in  my  reward, 
And  truft  as  well  as  fear. 

31  Then  (hall  my  heart  have  inward  joy, 
And  keep  my  face  from  fhame 

When  all  thy  ftatutes  I  obey, 
And  honor  all  thy  name. 

32  How  mould  I  run  in  thy  commands*, 
If  thou  my  heart  dii'charge 

From  fin  and  fatan's  hateful  chains, 
And  fet  my  feet  at  large  I 


H  e. — Part  5— common  metre. 

35  Inftru6t  me  in  thy  llatutes,  Lord, 
Thy  righteous  paths  difplay  ? 

And  I  from  them,  thro*  all  my  life, 
Will  never  go  aftray. 

34  If  thou  true  wifdom  from  above 
Wilt  gracioufly  impart, 

To  keep  thy  perfect  laws  I  will 
Devote  my  zealous  heart. 

35  Direct  me  in  the  facred  ways 
To  which  thy  precepts  lead  ; 

Secaufe  my  chief  delight  has  been 
Thy  righteous  paths  to  tread. 

35  Do  thou  to  thy  moft  juft  commands 

Incline  my  willing  heart  ; 
Let  no  defire  of  worldly  wealth 

From  thee  my  thoughts  divert. 

37  From-  thofe  vain  objects  turn  my  eyes, 
Which  this  falfe  world  difplays  ; 


PSALM    CXIX.  213 

S3  lit  give  me  lively  pow'r  and  ftrength 
To  keep  thy  righteous  ways. 

58  Confirm  the  promife  which  thou  mad'ft, 

And  give  thy  fervant  aid  ; 
Who  to  tranfgrefs  thy  facred  laws 

Is  awfully  afraid. 

39  The  foul  difgrace,  I  juftly  fear, 
In  mercy,  Lord,  remove  : 

For  all  the  judgments  thou  ordain 'il 
Are  full  of  grace  and  love. 

40  Thou  know'ft  how  after  thy  commands, 
My  longing  heart  does  pant ; 

O  then  make  hafte  to  raife  me  up, 
And  promis'd  fuccor  grant. 

v  a  u. — Part  6 — common  metre. 

41  Thy  conftant  bleffing,  Lord,  beftow, 
To  cheer  my  drooping  heart  ; 

To  me,  according  to  thy  word, 
Thy  faving  health  impart. 

42  So  fhall  I,  when  my  foes  upbraid., 
This  ready  anfwer  make  : 

"  In  God  I  truft,  who  never  will 
"  His  faithful  promife  break." 

43  Then  let  not  quite  the  word  of  truth 
Be  from  my  mouth  remov'd  ; 

Since  frill  my  ground  of  ftedfaft  hope 
Thy  juft  decrees  have  prov'd. 

44  So  I  to  keep  thy  righteous  laws 
Will  all  my  ftudy  bend  : 

From  age  to  age,  my  time  to  come 
In  their  obfervance  fpend. 

45  Ere  long  I  truft  to  walk  at  large, 
From  all  incumbrance  free  j 


»i4  PSALM     CXIX. 

Since  I  refolve  to  make  my  life 
With  thy  commands  agree. 

46  Thy  laws  fliall  be  my  conflant  talk, 
And  princes  mall  attend, 

Whilft  I  the  juftice  of  thy  ways 
With  confidence  defend. 

47  My  longing  heart  and  ravifh'd  foul 
Shall  both  o'erflow  with  joy  ; 

When  in  thy  lov'd  commandments  I 
My  happy  hours  employ. 

48  Then  will  I  to  thy  juft  decrees 
Lift  up  my  willing  hands  ; 

My  care  and  bus'nefs  then  mall  be, 
To  ftudy  thy  commands. 

z  a  1  n. — Part  7 — common  metre. 

49  According  to  thy  promis'd  grace, 
Thy  favor,  Lord,  extend  ; 

Make  good  to  me  the  word  on  which 
Thy  fervant's  hopes  depend. 

50  That  only  comfort  in  diftrefs 
Did  all  my  griefs  controul  ; 

Thy  word,  when  troubles  hemm'd  me  round 
Reviv'd  my  fainting  foul. 

51  Infulting  foes  did  proudly  mock, 
And  all  my  hopes  deride  : 

Yet  from  thy  law  not  all  their  feoffs 
Could  make  me  turn  afide* 

$z  Thy  judgments  then  of  ancient  date, 

I  quickly  call'd  to  mind, 
Till  ravifh'd  with  fuch  thoughts,  my  foul 

Did  fpeedy  comfort  find. 

53  Sometimes  I  ftand  amaz'd,  like  one 
With  deadly  horror-ftruck, 


PSALM     CXIX.  215 

To  view  the  ftate  of  fmful  men 
Who  have  thy  laws  forfook. 

54  But  I  thy  ftatutes  and  decrees 
My  cheerful  anthems  made  ; 

Whilft,  thro'  ftrange  lands  and  deferts  wild, 
I  like  a  pilgrim  ftray'd. 

55  Thy  name  that  cheer'd  my  heart  by  day, 
Has  fill'd  my  thoughts  by  night ; 

I  then  refolv'd  by  thy  juft  laws, 
To  guide  my  fteps  aright. 

55  That  peace  of  mind,  which  has  my  foul 

In  deep  dnlreis  fuftain'd, 
By  ftridt  obfervance  of  thy  word 
I  happily  obtain'd. 

c  h  e  t  h.     Part  3 — common  metre. 

57  Thou  art  my  portion,  O  my  God  ; 
Soon  as  I  know  thy  way, 

My  heart  makes  hafte  t'  obey  thy  word, 
And  fuffers  no  delay. 

58  Hall  thou  not  fent  falvation  down, 
And  promis'd  quick'ning  grace  ? 

Doth  not  my  heart  addrefs  thy  throne 
And  yet  thy  love  delays. 

59  If  once  I  wander  from  thy  path, 
I  think  upon  my  ways, 

Then  turn  my  feet  to  thy  commands, 
And  truft  thy  pard'ning  grace. 

60  Thou  hail  inclin'd  this  heart  of  mine 
Thy  ftatutes  to  fulfil  ; 

And  thus  till  mortal  life  fhall  end 
Would  I  perform  thy  \\fill. 

61  Let  bands  of  perfecutors  rife 
To  rob  me  of  my  right, 


ixG  PSALM     CXIX. 

Let  pride  and  malice  forge  their  lies, 
Thy  law  is  my  delight. 

62  When  midnight  darknefs  veils  the  fkiea 
I  call  thy  works  to  mind  ; 

My  thoughts  in  warm  devotion  rife, 
And  fweet  acceptance  find. 

63  I'm  a  companion  of  the  faints, 
Who  fear  and  love  the  Lord  ; 

My  forrows  rife,  my  nature  faints, 
When  men  tranfgrefs  thy  word. 

64  Thy  mercies  fill  the  earth,  O  Lord, 
How  good  thy  works  appear  I 

Open  my  eyes  to  read  thy  word, 
And  fee  thy  wonders  there. 

t  e  t  h. — Part  9 — common  metre* 

6$  With  me  thy  fervant  thou  haft  dealt 

Moft   gracioufly,   O  Lord  ; 
Repeated  benefits  beftow'd 

According  to  thy  word. 

66  Teach  me  the  facred  fkill  by  which 

Right  judgment  is  attain'd, 
WTho  in  belief  of  thy  commands 

Have  hitherto  remain'd. 

6 j  Before  affliction  ftopp'd  my  courfe 

My  foctfteps  went  a  ft  ray  ; 
I! ut  I  have  fince  been  difciplin'd, 

Thy  precepts  to  obey. 

68  Thou  art,  O  Lord,  fupremely  good, 
And  all  thou  doft  is  fo  ; 

Or.  me,  thV  f; unites  to  difcern, 
Thy  faying  fifell  beftow. 

69  The  proud  have  for^'d  malicious  lie?, 
P/Iy  fpotlefa  fame  to  ilain  ; 


PSALM    CXIX.  21; 

But  my  fix'd  heart,  without  referve, 
Thy  precepts  mall  retain. 

70  While  pamper'd  they  with  prafp'rous  ills, 
In  fenfual  pleafures  live, 

My  foul  can  relifh  no  delight 
But  what  thy  precepts  give* 

71  "Tis  good  for  me  that  I  have  felt 
Affliction's  chaft'ning  rod, 

That  I  might  duly  learn  and  keep 
The  ftatutes  of  my  God. 

72  The  law  that  from  thy  mouth  proceeds 
Of  more  efleem  I  hqjd, 

Than  untouched  mines,  than  thoufand  mines 
Of  filver  and  of  gold. 

j  o  r>. — Tart  10 — common  metre. 

73  To  me,  who  am  the  workmanlhip 
Of  thine  almighty  hands, 

The  heav'nly  underftanding  give 
To  learn  thy  juft  commands. 

74  My  prefervation  to  thy  faints 
Strong  comfort  will  afford, ' 

To  fee  fuccefs  attend  my  hopes, 
Who  trufted  in  thy  word. 

75  That  right  thy  judgments  are,  I  new 
By  fure  experience  fee, 

,^.  I  that  in  fafthfumefs,  tj  Lord, 
Thou  h aft  afB icee  if  in  e . 

76  O  let  thy  tender  mercy  now 
Afford  me  needful  aid  : 

>rding  to  thy  promife,  Lord, 
To  me  tby  fervant  made. 

77  To  me  thy  faving  grace  reftore, 
That  I  again  may  liv,e\: 


zii  PSALM    CXIX. 

Whpfe  foul  can  relifh  no  delight 
But  what  thy  precepts  give. 

78  Defeat  the  proud,  who,  unprovok'd. 
To  ruin  me  have  fought, 

Who  only  on  thy  facred  laws 
Employ  my  conftant  thought. 

79  Let  thofe  that  fear  thy  name  efpoufe. 
My  caufe,  and  thofe  alone 

Who  have,  by  ftrict  and  pious  fearch* 
Thy  facred  precepts  known. 

80  In  thy  blefs'd  ftatutes  let  my  heart 
Continue  always  found, 

That  guilt  and  fhame,  the  miners'  lot, 
May  never  me  confound. 


cap  h. — Part  ri— ^common  metre. 

Si  My  foul,  with  long  expectance,  faints, 

To  fee  thy  faving  grace  ; 
Yet  ftill  on  thy  unerring  word 

My  confidence  I  place. 

Sa  My  very  eyes  confume  and  fail 

With  waiting  for  thy  word  : 
O  !  when  wilt  thou  thy  kind  relief, 

And  promised  aid,  afford. 

83  My  lkin  like  fhrivel'd  parchment  (hows, 
That  long  in  fmoke  is  fet ; 

Yet  no  affliction  me  can  force 
Thy  ftatutes  to  forget. 

84  How  many  days  muil  I  endure 
Of  forrow  and  diftrefs  ? 

When  wirr^ou  judgment  execute 
On  them  who  me  oppreis  ? 

85  The  proud  nave  digg'd  a  pit  for  me, 
Tli at  have  no  other  foes 


PSALM     CXIX.  *i9 

But  fuch  as  are  averfe  to  thee, 
And  thy  juft  laws  oppofe. 

86  With  facred  truth's  eternal  laws 
All  thy  commands  agree  ; 

Men  perfecute  me  without  caufe  ; 
Thou,  Lord,  my  helper  be. 

87  With  clofe  defigns  againft  my  life 
They  had  almofl  prevail'd  ; 

But  my  attachment  to  thy  laws 
Through  grace  hath  never  fail'd. 

88  Thy  wonted  kindnefs,  Lord,  reftore, 
My  drooping  heart  to  cheer  ; 

That,  by  thy  righteous  ftatutes,  I 
My  life's  whole  courfe  may  fleer. 

lame  d. — Part  12 — common  metre, 

89  For  ever  and  for  ever,  Lord, 
Unchang'd  thou  doft  remain  ; 

Thy  word  eflablifh'd  in  the  heav'ns, 
Does  all  their  orbs  fuftain. 

50  Through  circling  ages,  Lord,  thy  truth 

Immoveable  (hall  ftand, 
As  doth  the  earth,  which  thou  uphold'ft 

By  thy  almighty  hand. 

91  All  things  the  courfe  by  thee  ordain'd, 

E'en  to  this  day  fulfil  : 
They  are  thy  faithful  fubjecls  all, 

And  fervants  of  thy  will. 

$%  Unlefs  thy  facred  law  had  been 

My  comfort  and  delight, 
J  mull  have  fainted,  and  expir'd 

In  dark  affliction's  night. 

93  Thy  precepts,  therefore,  from  my  thoughts 
Shall  never,  Lord,  depart  j 


22o  PSAL  M     CXIX. 

For  thou  by  them  haft  to  new  life 

Reftor'd  my  dying  heart. 

94  As  I  am  thine,  entirely  thine, 
Protect  me,  Lord  from  harm  ; 

Who  have  thy  precepts  fought  to  know, 
And  carefully  perform. 

95  The  wicked  have  their  ambufh.  laid, 
My  guiitlefs  life  to  take  ; 

But  in  the  midfl  of  danger  I 
Thy  word  my  ftiidy  make. 

96  I've  feen  r.n  end  of  what  we  call 
Perfection  here  below  : 

But  thy  commandments,  like  thyfelf, 
No  change  of  period  know. 

m  e  7-.1. — Part  i3~cemmon  metre. 

97  The  love  that  to  thy  la.ws  I  bear 
No  language  can  diiplay  ; 

They  with  fveili  wonders  entertain 
My  ravish.' d  thoughts  all  day. 

9S  Through  thy  commands  I  wifer  grow 

Than  ail  my  fubtle  foes  ; 
Tor  thy  ilue  word  doth  me  direct, 

And  all  my  ways  difp^  \ 

09  From  me  my  former  teachers  now 
mfeitake  ; 

:  7  facred  precepts  1 
My  conftant  fludy  make. 

100  1  nding  I  excel 

iages  of  our  days  ; 
Becaufe  by  thy  unerring  rule* 
]  :r  ail  my  ways. 

3 ci   71  y  feet  with  care  I  have  refiain'd 
.:.  ev'ry  imful  way, 


PSALM    CXIX. 

That  to  thy  facred  word  I  might 
Entire  obedience  pay. 

1 02  I  have  not  from  thy  judgments  ftray'd, 
By  vain  deiires  milled, 

For,  Lord,  thou  haft  inftrucled  me 
Thy  righteous  paths  to  tread. 

103  How  fweet  are  ail  thy  words  to  me  ! 

0  what  divine  repait  ! 

How  much  mors  grateful  to  my  foul 
Than  honey  to  my  talis  ! 

104  Taught  by  thy  facred  precepts,  I 
With  heay'nly  jkill  am  bleft, 

Through  which  the  treach'rous  ways  of  fin 

1  utterly  deteft. 

n  u  n. — Part  14 — common  metre, 

105  Thy  word  is  to  my  feet  a  lamp, 
The  way  of  truth  to  (how  ; 

A  watch-light  to  point  out  the  path 
In  which  I  ought  to  go. 

106  I've  fwern,  and  from  my  folemn  oath, 
I'll  never  turn  afide, 

That  in  thy  righteous  judgments  I 
Will  ftedfaftiy  abide. 

107  Since  I  with  griefs  am  fo  opprefs'd. 
That  I  can  bare  no  more  ; 

According  to  thy  word  do  thou 
My  fainting  foul  reftore. 

io3  Let  full  my  facriace  of  praife 
With  thee  acceptance  find  ; 

And  in  thy  right'ous  judgments,  Lord, 
Inffcrucl  my  willing  mind, 

109  Thought ghaftly  dangers  me  furround, 
My  foul  they  cannot  awe, 


azz  PSALM     CXIX» 

Nor  with  continual  terrors  keep 
From  thinking  on  thy  law. 

lio  My  wicked  and  invet'rate  foes 
For  me  their  fnares  have  laid ; 

Yet  I  have  kept  the  upright  path, 
Nor  from  thy  precepts  ftray'd. 

in  Thy  teftimonies  I  have  made 

My  heritage  and  choice  ; 
For  they,  when  other  comforts  fail* 

My  drooping  heart  rejoice. 

112  My  heart  with  early  zeal  began 
Thy  ftatutes  to  obey  ; 

And  till  my  courfe  of  life  is  done, 
Shall  keep  thy  upright  way. 

s  a  m  e  c  h. — Part  15 — 'common  metre. 

113  Deceitful  thoughts  and  practices 
I  utterly  deteft  ; 

But  to  thy  law  affection  bear 
Too  great  to  be  expreft. 

114  My  hiding  place,  my  refuge  tow'r* 
And  fhield  art  thou,  O  Lord  ; 

I  firmly  anchor  all  my  hopes 
On  thy  unerring  word. 

115  Hence,  ye  that  trade  in  wickednefs, 
Approach  not  my  abode  ; 

For  firmly  I  refolve  to  keep 
The  precepts  of  my  God. 

116  According  to  thy  gracious  word, 
From  danger  fet  me  free  ; 

Nor  make  me  of  thofe  hopes  aiham'd 
That  I  repofe  in  thee. 

117  Uphold  me,  lb  fhall  I  be  fafe, 
A»d  refcu'd  from  diftrefs  ; 


PSALM     CXIX.  333 

To  thy  decrees  continually 
My  juft  refpect  addrefs. 

518  The  wicked  thou  haft  trod  to  earth, 

Who  from  thy  ftatutes  ftray'd  : 
Their  vile  deceit  the  juft  reward 

Of  their  own  falfehood  made. 

119  Vik  as  the  drofs  the  wicked  are  ; 
And  thofe  that  leave  thy  ways 

Shall  fee  falvation  from  afar, 
But  never  tafte  thy  grace. 

120  I  love  thy  law,  but  ftill  I  dread 
Left  I  mould  fo  offend, 

When  on  tranfgreffors  Ibehoil 
Thy  judgments  thus  defcend. 

.a  1  N. — Part  16 — common  metre. 

121  Judgment  and  juftice  I  have  done, 
O  therefore,  Lord,  engage 

In  my  defence,  nor  give  me  up 
To  my  oppreffors  rage. 

122  Do  thou  be  furety,  Lord,  for  me, 
And  fo  (hall  this  diftrefs 

Prove  good  for  me  ;  nor  (hall  the  proud 
My  guiltlefs  foul  opprefs. 

223  My  eyes,  alas  !  begin  to  fail, 

In  long  expectance  held  ; 
Till  thy  falvation  they  behold, 

And  righteous  word  fulfill'd. 

124  To  me,  thy  fervant  in  diftrefs, 
Thy  wonted  grace  difplay  ; 

And  difcipline  my  willing  heart 
Thy  ftatutes  to  obey. 

125  On  me,  devoted  to  thy  fear., 

Thy  facredikill  beftow,  \ 


234  PSALM     CXIX. 

That  of  thy  teflimonies  I 

The  full  extent  may  know. 

126  'Tis  time  for  thee,  O  Lord,  to  work, 
Thy  grace  and  power  employ  ; 

For  men  with  open  violence 
Thy  facrecl  law  deftroy. 

127  Yet  their  contempt  of  thy  commands, 
But  makes  their  value  rile 

In  my  efteem,  who  pureft  gold 
Compar'd  with  them  defpife. 

128  Thy  precepts,  therefore,  I  account 
In  all  refpecls  divine  ; 

They  teach  me  to  difcern  the  right, 
And  all  falfe  ways  decline. 

p  e. — Part  17 — common  metre. 

129  The  wonders  which  thy  laws  contain 
No  words  can  reprefent  : 

Therefore  to  learn  and  praclife  them 
My  zealous  heart  is  bent, 

130  The  very  entrance  to  thy  word 
Celeftial  light  difplays, 

And  knowledge  of  true  happinefs 
To  fimpleft  minds  conveys. 

131  With  eager  hopes  I  waiting  flood, 
And  fainting  with  defire, 

That  of  thy  wife  commands  I  might 
The  facred  fkill  acquire. 

132  With  favor,  Lord,  look  down  on  me  ; 
Who  thy  relief  implore  ; 

As  thou  art  wont  to  vint  thofe 
Who  thy  blefs'd  name  adore. 

133  Directed  by  thy  heav'nly  word 
Let  all  my  footfteps  be  ; 


PSALM     CXIX.  **£ 

Nor  wickednefs  of  any  kind 
Dominion  have  o'er  me. 

134  Releafe,  entirely  fet  me  free 
From  perfecuting  hands, 

That,  unmolefted,  I  may  learn 
And  practife  thy  commands. 

135  On  me,  devoted  to  thy  fear, 
Lord,  make  thy  face  to  mine  ; 

Thy  ftatutes  both  to  know  and  keep 
My  heart  with  zeal  incline. 

135  Mine  eyes  to  weeping  fountains  turn, 

Whence  briny  rivers  flow, 
To  fee  mankind  againft  thy  laws 

In  bold  defiance  go. 


t  s  a  d  e. — Part  18 — common  metre, 

137  Thou  art,  the  righteous  Judge,  in  when* 
Wrong'd  innocence  may  trull  ; 

And,  like  thyfelf,  thy  judgments,  Lord, 
In  all  refpecls  are  juft. 

138  Moll  juft  and  true  thofe  ftatutes  were 
Which  thou  didft  firit  decree  : 

And  all  with  faithfulnefs  perform'd 
Succeeding  times  (hall  fee. 

139  With  zeal  my  fiefh  confumes  away, 
My  foul  with  anguifh  frets, 

To  fee  my  foes  contemn  at  once 
Thy  promifes  and  threats. 

•140  Yet  each  neglected  word  of  thine 

(Howe'er  by  them  defpis'd) 
Is  pure,  and  for  eternal  truth 

By  me  thy  fervant  priz'd. 

T41  Brought,  for  thy  fake,  to  low  eftate, 

Contempt  from  all  I  find  ; 

N  2 


Sk'4  PSALM    CXIX. 

Yet  no  affronts  or  wrongs  can  drive 
Thy  precepts  from  my  mind. 

142  Thy  righteoufnefs  (hall  then  endure 

When  time  irielf  is  pa  It  ; 
Thy  law  is  truth  itfelf,  that  truth 

Which  ihall'for  ever  laft. 

J43  Though  trouble,  anguiih,  doubts  and  dread. 

To  compafs  me  unite, 
Befet  with  danger,  ftill  i  make 

Thy  word  my  chief  delight. 

144  Eternal  and  unerring  rules 
Thy  teftimonies  give  ; 

Teach  me  the  wifdom  that  will  make 
My  foul  for  ever  live. 

K  o  p  k. — Part  1 9 — common  metre. 

145  With  my  whole  heart  to  God  I  call'd, 
Lord,  hear  my  earneft  cry  ; 

And  I  thy  ftatutes  to  perform 
Will  all  my  care  apply. 

146  Again  more  fervently  I  pray'd, 
•   O  fave  me,  that  I  may 

Thy  teftimonies  fully  know, 
And  itedfaftly  obey. 

147  My  earlier  pray'r  the  dawning  day 
Prevented,  while  I  cried 

To  him,  on  whole  engaging  word 
My  hope  alone  rely'd. 

14S  With  zeal  have  I  awak'c  before 

The  midnight  watch  was  let, 
That  1  of  thy  mylierious  word 

Might  perfect  knowledge  get. 

149  Lord,  hear  my  fupplicating  voice. 
And  wonted  favor  (hew  ; 


PSALM     CXIX. 

O  quicken  me,  and  fo  approve 
Thy  judgments  ever  true. 

r50  My  perfecuting  foes  advance, 

And  daily  nearer  draw  : 
What  treatment  can  I  hope  from  them 

Who  violate  thy  law  ? 

151  Though  they  draw  nigh,  my  comfort  '«, 
Thou,  Lord,  art  yet  more  near  ; 

Thou,  whofe  commands  are  righteous  all, 
Thy  promifes  fincere. 

152  Concerning  thy  divine  decrees, 
My  foul  has  known  of  old, 

That  they  were  true,  and  mail  their  truth 
To  endlefs  ages  hold. 

r.  e  s  c  h. — Fart  20 — common  metre, 

153  Confider  my  affliction,  Lord, 
And  me  from  bondage  draw  ; 

Think  on  thy  fervant  in  difireis, 
Who  ne'er  forgets  thy  law. 

j  54  Plead  thou  my  caufe  ;  and  to  my  foul 

Thy  timely  aid  afford  : 
With  beams  of  mercy  quicken  me 

According  to  thy  word. 

155  From  harden'd  fmners  thou  remov'it 
Salvation  far  away  ; 

?Tis  juft  thou  fhould'it  withdraw  from  them 
Who  from  thy  ftatutes  ftray. 

156  Since  great  thy  tender  mercies  are 
To  all  who  thee  adore, 

According  to  thy  judgments,  Lord, 
My  fainting  hopes  reftore. 

157  A  num'rous  hoft  of  fpiceful  foe? 
Againft  my  life  combine  j 


ii8  PSALM     CXIX. 

But  all  too  few  to  force  my  foul 
Thy  flatutes  to  decline. 

158  Thofe  bold  tranfgreffors  I  beheld, 
And  was  with  grief  opprefs'd, 

To  fee  with  what  audacious  pride 
Thy  cov'nant  they  tranfgrefs'd. 

159  Yet  while  they  flight,  confider,  Lord, 
How  I  thy  precepts  love  ; 

O  therefore  quicken  me  with  beams 
Of  mercy  from  above. 

160  As  from  the  birth  of  time  thy  truth 
Has  held  through  ages  paft, 

So  fhall  thy  righteous  judgments  firm, 
To  endleis  ages  laft. 

s  c  h  1  n. — Part  21  common  metre. 

161  Though  mighty  tyrants  without  caufe 
Confpire  my  biood  to  fhed, 

Thy  facred  word  has  pow'r  alone 
To  fill  my  heart  with  dread. 

162  And  yet  that  word  my  joyful  breaft 
With  heav'nly  rapture  warms  : 

Nor  conqueft,  nor  the  fpoils  of  war, 
Have  fuch  tranfporting  charms. 

163  Perfidious  praclices  and  lies 
I  utterly  deteft  ; 

But  to  thy  laws  affection  bear 
Too  vail  to  be  expreft. 

164  Seven  times  a  day  with  grateful  voice, 
Thy  praifes  I  relbund, 

Becaufe  I  find  thy  judgments  all 

With  truth  and  juilice  crown'd. 

iC$  Secure  fubflantial  peace  have  they 
Who  trul v  loft  e  thv  law  ; 


PSALM    CXIX.  z%9 

No  fmiling  mifchief  them  can  tempt, 
Nor  trowning  danger  awe. 

1 66  My  God,  I  long,  I  hope,  I  wait 
For  thy  fal vation  ftill ; 

While  thy  whole  law  is  my  delight, 
And  I  obey  thy  will. 

167  Thy  teftimonies  I  have  kept, 
And  conftantly  obey'd ; 

Becaufe  the  love  I  bore  to  them 
Thy  fervice  eafy  made. 

1 63  From  resignation  to  thy  will 

My  foul  would  not  withdraw, 
Convinc'd  that  all  my  thoughts  and  ways 

Are  fubjeci  to  thy  law. 

t  a  u. — Part  22 — common  metre. 

169  To  my  requeft  and  earneft  cry, 
Attend,  O  gracious  Lord  ; 

Infpire  my  heart  with  heav'nly  ikill, 
According  to  thy  word. 

170  Let  my  repeated  pray'r  at  laft 
Before  thy  throne  appear  ; 

According  to  thy  plighted  word, 
For  my  relief  draw  near. 

171  Then  (hall  my  grateful  lips  return 
The  tribute  of  their  praife, 

When  thou  thy  counfels  haft  reveal'd, 
And  taught  me  thy  juft  ways. 

172  My  tongue  the  praifes  of  thy  word 
Shall  thankfully  refound, 

Becaufe  thy  promifes  are  all 

With  truth  and  juftice  crown'd. 

£73  Let  thy  Almighty  arm  appear, 
And  bring  me  timely  aid  : 


2:,o  PSAL  M    CXX. 

For  I  .the  laws  thou  baft  ordain'd 

My  heart's  free  choice  have  made. 

174  My  foul  has  waited  long-  to  fee 
Thy  faving  grace  reftor'd  : 

^\or  co  nfort  knew,  but  what  thy  laws, 
Thy  heavenly  laws,  afford. 

i/S  Prolong  my  life,  that  I  may  Jing 

My  great  Reftorer's  praife, 
.Whofe  justice  from  the  depth  of  woes 

My  fainting  foul  (hall  raife. 

175  Like  fome  loll  fheep  I've  ftray'd,  till  I 
Defpair  my  way  to  rind  : 

Thou,  therefore,  Lord  thy  fervant  feek, 
WhOj  keeps  thy  laws  in  mind. 


Pfalm  12,0 — common  metre. 

r  rT"sHOU  God  of  love,  thou  ever  bleu. 

X      Pity  my  fufF  'ring  iiate  ; 
When  wilt  thou  fet  my  foul  at  reft, 
From  lips  that  love  deceit  ? 

3  Hard  lot  of  mine  !  My  days  are  call 

Among  the  fons  of  ft  rife, 
Whofe  never  ceaiing  quarrels  wafie 

My  golden  hours  of  life. 

3  Gli  might  I  fly  to  change  my  place, 
How  would  I  chufe  to  dwell 

In  fome  wild  ionefeme  wildernefs, 
Ar4  leave  thefe  gates  of  hell  i 

4  Peace  is  the  biefiing  that  I  feek, 
How  lovely  are  its  charms  1 

7  am  far  peace  ;  butwhen  I  fpeak, 
They  ail  declare  for.  arms. 

,/   New  pain  ens  ftill  their  fouls  engage, 
Arc  keep  their  malice  ftrong  : 


PSALM    CXXI.     CXXH.  231 

What  fhall  be  done  to  curb  thy  rage, 
O  thou  devouring  tongue  ! 

6  Should  burning  arrows  fmite  thee  thro' 

Strid  juftice  would  approve  ; 
But  I  would  rather  fpare  my  foe, 

And  melt  his  heart  with  love. 


Ffalm  1 2 1 — common  metre . 

1  HPO  Sion's  hill  I  lift  mine  eyes, 

J-     From  thence  expecting  aid  ; 
From  Sion's  hill,  and  Sion's  God 
Who  heav'n  and  earth  has  made. 

2  Thou,  then,  my  foul,  in  fafety  reft  : 
Thy  Guardian  will  not  fieep  ; 

His  watchful  care  that  Ifr'el  g-uards, 
Will  thee  in  fafety  keep. 

3  Shelter'd  beneath  th'  Almighty's  wings. 
Thou  (halt  fecurely  reft  ; 

Where  neither  fun  norrnoon  fhall  thee 
By  day  or  night  mol;i 

4  From  common  accidents  of  life. 
His  care  fhall  guard  thee  ftill  ; 

His  hand  from  foes  fhall  thee  preferve 
That  lie  in  wait  to  kill. 

5  At  home,  abroad,  in  peace,  in  war, 
Thy  God  fhall  thee  defend  ; 

Conduct  thee  through  life's  pilgrimage 
Safe  to  thy  journey's  end. 

Pfalm  izz — common  metre, 

1  T  TOW  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  hear 
.  JO.  My  friends  devoutly  fay, 
"  In  Zion  let  ex  all  appear 
"  And  keep  thefolemn  day.71 


%.!%  PSALM     CXXIII. 

2  I  love  the  gates,  I  love  the  road  ; 
The  church  adorn'd  with  grace, 

Stands  like  a  palace  built  for  God 
To  fhew  his  milder  face. 

3  Up  to  her  courts  with  joy  unknown 
The  holy  tribes  repair  ; 

The  Son  of  David  holds  his  throne 
And  fits  in  judgment  there. 

4  He  hears  our  praifes  and  complaints  ; 
And  v.'hile  his  awful  voice 

Divides  the  finners  from  the  faints, 
We  tremble  and  rejoice. 

5  Peace  be  within  this  facred  place, 
And  joy  a  conftant  gueft  ! 

With  holy  gifts  and  heav'nly  grace 
Be  her  attendants  blefl  1 

6  My  foul  (hall  pray  for  Zion  ftill, 
While  life  or  breath  remains  ; 

There  my  belt  friends,  my  kindred  dwell, 
There  God  my  Saviour  reigns. 

Pfalm  123 — common  metre. 

1   /~\  Thou  whofe  grace  and  juftice  reign 
V-/   Enthron'd  above  the  Ikies, 

To  thee  our  hearts  would  tell  their  pain, 
To  thee  we  lift  our  eyes. 

1  As  fervants  watch  their  mafter's  hand 

And  fear  the  angrv  ftroke  ! 
Or  maids  before  their  miiftrefc  ftand, 

And  wait  a  peaceful  look  : 

3   So  for  our  fins  we  juftly  fesl 

Thy  difcipline,  O  God  ; 
Yet  wait  the  gracious  moment  ftill. 

Till  thou  remove  the  red. 


PSALM     CXXIV.     CXXV.         233 

4  Thofe  that  in  wealth  and  pleafure  live. 
Our  daily  groans  deride, 

And  thy  delays,  of  mercy  give 
Frefh  courage  to  their  pride. 

5  Our  foes  infult  us,  but  our  hope 
In  thy  companion  lies  ; 

This  thought  mall  bear  ourfpirit  up, 
That  God  will  not  defpife, 

Pfalm   124 — common  metre. 

1  T_ FAD  not  the  Lord,  (may  Ifr'el  fay) 

?    Been  pleas'd  to  interpofe  ; 
Had  he  not  then  efpous'd  our  caufe, 
When  men  againft  us  rofe  ; 

2  Their  wrath  had  fwallow'd  us  alive, 
And  rag'd  without  controul  : 

Their  fpite  and  pride's  united  floods 
Had  quite  o'ei-whelm'd  our  foul. 

3  But  prais'd  be  our  eternal  Lord, 
Who  refcu'd  us  that  day, 

Nor  to  their  favage  jaws  gave  up 
Our  thteat'ned  lives  a  prey. 

4  Our  foul  is  like  a  bird  efcsp'c! 
From  out  the  fowler's  net  ; 

The  mare  is  broke,  their  hopes  are  crofs'c1, 
And  we  at  freedom  fet. 

5  Secure  in  his  almighty  name 
Our  confidence  remains, 

Who,  as  he  made  both  heav'n  and  earth, 
Of  both  fole  Monarch  reigns. 


pfalm  125 — fhort  metre. 

1  THIRM  and  unmov'd  are  th=v, 
A     That  reft  their  fouls  on  God  : 


234  PSALM     CXXVI. 

Firm  as  the  mount  where  David  dwelt, 
Or  where  the  ark  abode. 

2  As  mountains  flood  to  guard 
The  city's  facred  ground, 

So  God  and  his  almighty  love 
Embrace  his  faints  around. 

3  What  tho'  the  Father's  rod 
Drop  a  chaftifing  ftroke, 

Yet  left  it  wound  their  fouls  too  deep, 
Its  fury  mall  be  broke. 

4  Deal  gently,  Lord,  with  thofe 
Whofe  faith  and  pious  fear, 

Whole  hope  and  love,  and  ev'ry  grace 
Proclaim  their  hearts  fincere. 

$  Nor  mall  the  tyrant's  rage 
Too  long  opprefs  the  faints  ; 

The  God  of  Iir'el  will  fupport 
His  children  left  they  faint. 

6  But  if  our  flavifh  fear 

Will  choofe  the  road  to  hell, 

We  muft  expect  our  portion  there, 
Where  bolder  finners  dwell. 


Pfalm  126— -common  metre. 

1  \XTT^/^  God  reveal'd  his  gracious  nam&> 

VV     J  id  chang'd  my  mournful  ftate, 
My  raptif  -  feem'd  a  pleafing  dream, 
The  grace  appear d  fo  great. 

2  The  world  beheld  the  glorious  change, 
And  did  thy  hand  confefs  ; 

My  tongue  broke  out  in.  unknown  ftrains, 
And  fung  furprifmg  grace, 

3  "  Great  is  the  work,  my  neighbors  cry'd, 
And  own'd  the  pow'r  divine  j 


PSALM    CSXVII. 

"  Great  is  the  work,  my  heart  reply'd, 
"  And  be  the  glory  thine" 

4  The  Lord  can  clear  the  darkeft  fkies, 

Can  give  us  day  for  night  ; 
Make  drops  of  facred  forrows  rife 

To  rivers  of  delight. 

5  Let  thofe  that  fow  in  fadnefs  wait 
Till  the  fair  harvefl  come, 

They  fhali  confefs  their  fheaves  are  great, 
And  ihout  the  bleffmgs  home. 

6  Tho'  feed  lie  bury'd  in  the  dull, 
It  fha'nt  deceive  their  hope  ; 

The  precious  grain  can  ne'er  be  loft, 
For  grace  infures  the  crop. 

Pfalm  127 — -long  metre. 

1  TTTE  build  with  fruitless  toil  and  coft, 
VV     Unlefs  the  Lord  the  pile  fuftain  j 
Unlefs  the  Lord  the  city  keeps, 

The  watchman  waketh  but  in  vain. 

a  In  vain  we  rife  before  the  dawn  ; 

In  vain  we  late  to  reft  repair  ; 
Allow  no  refpite  to  our  toil, 

And  daily  eat  the  bread  of  care. 

3  Supplies  of  life,  with  eafe  to  them, 
The  Lord  to  all  his  faints  bellows  : 

He  crowns  their  labors  with  fuccefs, 
Their  nights  with  peace  and  foft  repofe, 

4  Children,  thofe  comforts  of  our  life, 
Are  prefents  from  the  bounteous  Lord  ; 

He  gives  a  nurn'rous  race  of  heirs, 
Of  piety  the  fweet  reward. 

5  As  arrows  in  a  giant's  hand, 

When  marching  forth,  equipp'd  for  war, 


c35    PSALM  -CXXVIII.     CXXZX. 

E'en  fo  the  fons  of  fprightly  youth 
rJ  heir  parents  hopeful  fafeguard  are, 

6  Happy  the  man,  whofe  quivers  are 
Replete  with  thofe  prevailing  anno  I 

He  need  not  fear  to  meet  his  foe, 
In  ftrifes  of  law,  or  war's  alarms. 


Pfalm  128 — common  metre. 

1  HPHE  man  is  bleis'd  who  fears  the  Lord, 
.  1-     Nor  only  worfhip  pays, 

But  keeps  his  fteps  connn'd  with  care 
To  ills  appointed  ways. 

2  lie  fliall  upon  the  fweet  returns 
Of  his  own  labor  feed  ; 

Blefs'd  and  content  in  ev'ry  ftate, 
His  works  fhall  all  fucceed. 

3  His  wife,  like  a  fair  fertile  vine, 
Her  lovely  fruit  fhall  bring  ! 

M\s  children,  like  young  olive  plants, 
About  his  table  fpring. 

4  Who  fears  the  Lord  fhall  profper  thusjj 
Him  Sion's  God  fhall  blefs  ; 

Ard  grant  him  all  his  days  to  fee 
Jerusalem's  fuccefs. 

5  lie  fhall  live  on,  till  heirs  from  him 

fcend'with  vail  increafe  ; 
Much  blefs'd  in  his  own  profp'rous  ftate, 
And  mcie  in  Ifr'ePs  peace. 


Pfalm  129 — common  metre. 

1  T^RGM  my  youth  up,  may  Ifr'ei  fay, 
X-       They  oft  have  me  affail'd  ; 

B.educ'd  me  oft  to  heavy  ftraits, 
But  never  oil! 


PSALM     CXXX. 

2  They  oft  have  plough'd  my  patient  bat 
With  furrows  deep  and  long  ; 

But  our  iuft  God  has  broke  their  chains, 
And  refcu'd  us  from  wrong. 

3  Defeat,  confufion,  fharnefui  rout, 
Be  ftill  the  doom  ofthqie, 

Their  righteous  doom,  who  Sioh  hate, 
And  Sion's  God  oppofg, 

4  Like  corn  upon  our  houfes  tops, 
Untimely  let  them  fade, 

Which  too  much  heat,  and  want  of  root, 
Has  blafted  in  the  blade. 

5  Which  in  his  arms  no  reaper  takes, 
But  unregarded  leaves  ; 

Nor  binder  thinks  it  worth  his  pains 
To  fold  it  into  {heaves. 

6  No  traveller  that  paffes  by 
Vouchsafes  a  minute's  flop, 

To  give  it  one  kind  look  or  crave 
Heav'n's  bleffing  on  the  crop. 


Pfalm  150 — lliort  metre. 

1  T^ROM  loweft  depths  of  woe  ; 

J-     To  God  I  lent  my  cry  ; 
Lord,  hear  my  fuppiicating  \  oice 

And  gracioufly  reply. 

z  Should'ft  thou  feverely  judge, 

Who  can  the  trial  bear  ? 
But  thou  forgiv'it,  left  we  defc 

And  quite  renounce  thy  fear. 

3  My  foul  wi  fch  p  a  t  \  e 

For  thee,  the  living  Lord  ; 

My  hopes  are  on  thy  profaife  built, 
Thy  never  failing  v 


a33        PSALM     CXXXI.    CXXXH. 

4  My  longing  eyes  look  out 
For  thy  enliv'nrng  ray, 

More  duly  than  the  morning  watch 
To  fpy  the  dawning  day. 

5  Let  Ifr'ei  truft  in  God, 

No  bounds  his  mercy  knows  ; 
The  plenteous  fource  and  fpring  from  whence 
Eternal  fuccor  flows. 

6  Whofe  friendly  ftreams  to  us 
Supplies  in  want  convey  ; 

A  healing  fpring,  a  fpring  to  cleanfe, 
And  wafh  our  guilt  away. 


Pfalm  131 — common  metre, 

1   TS  there  ambition  in  my  heart  ? 
JL  Search,  gracious  God,  and  fee  ; 

Or  do  I  a£t  a  haughty  part  ? 
Lord,  I  appeal  to  thee. 

1  I  charge  my  thoughts,  be  humble  ftill, 

And  all  my  carriage  mild  : 
Content  my  Father,  with  thy  will, 

And  peaceful  as  a  child. 

3  The  patient  foul,  the  lowly  mind, 

Shall  have  a  large  reward  : 
Let  faincs  in  farrow  lie  refign'd, 

And  truft  a  faithful  Lord. 


Pfalm  132 — common  metre. 

1  T    ET  David,  Lord,  a  cenftant  place 
.Li   In  thy  remembrance  lind  j 

Let  all  the  forrov s  he  endur'd 
Be  ever  in  thy  mind. 

2  Remember  what  a  folemn  oath 
To  thee,  his  Lord,  he  fwarc  j 


PSALM     CXXXII.  239 

How  to  the  mighty  God  he  vow'd, 
Whom  Jacob's  fons  adore. 

3  I  will  not  go  into  my  houfe, 
Nor  to  my  bed  afcend  : 

No  foft  repofe  lhall  clofe  my  eyes, 
Nor  fleep  my  eyelids  bend  : 

4  Till  for  the  Lord's  defign'd  abode 
I  mark  the  deftin'd  ground  ; 

Till  I  a  decent  place  of  reft 
For  Jacob's  God  have  found. 

5  Th'  appointed  place,  with  fhouts  of  joy, 
At  Ephrata  we  found, 

And  made  the  woods  and  neighb'ring  fields, 
Our  glad  applaufe  refcund. 

6  O  with  due  rev'rence  let  us  then 
To  his  abode  repair  ; 

And  proftrate  at  his  footftool  fall'n, 
Pour  out  our  humble  pray'r. 

Part  2 — common  metre. 

7  Arife,  O  King  of  grace,  arife, 
And  enter  to  thy  reft  ; 

Lo  !  thy  church  waits  with  longing  eyes, 
Thus  to  be  own'd  and  bleft. 

8  Enter  with  all  thy  glorious  train, 
Thy  fpirit  and  thy  word  ; 

All  that  the  ark  did  once  contain, 
Could  no  fuch  grace  afford. 

9  Cloath  all  thy  miniiters  with  grace, 
Let  truth  their  tongues  employ  ; 

That  in  the  Saviour's  righteoufncfs 
Thy  faints  may  ihout  for  joy. 

20  Here,  mighty  God,  accept  our  vows, 
Here  let  thy  praiie  be  fpread  j 


*4o      P  S  A  L  M     CXXX1L     CXXXia 

Blefs  the  provifions  of  thy  houfe, 
And  fill  thy  poor  with  bread. 

1 1  Here  let  the  Son  of  David  reign, 
Let  God's  anointed  (nine  ; 

Juftice  and  truth  his  court  maintain, 
With  love  and  power  divine. 

Part  3 — common  metre, 

12  Ble-fs'd  Sion  does,  in  God's  efteem, 
All  other  feats  excel  ; 

His  place  of  everlafting  reft, 
Where  he  d^fires  to  dwell. 

13  Her  ftore,  fays  he,  I  will  increafe, 
Her  poor  with  plenty  blefs  ; 

Her  faints  mall  fhout  for  joy,  her  priefls 
My  faving  health  confefc. 

14  There  David's  pow'r  fhall  loag  iemain 
In  his  eftabliih'd  line, 

And  my  anointed  fervant  there 
Shall  with  frem  luftre  fhine. 

15  The  faces  of  his  vanquifh'd  foes 
Confution  fhall  o'erfpread  ; 

Whilft,  with  confirm'd  fuccefs,  his  crown 
Shall  ftourifh  on  his  head. 


Ffalm  133- 


■H 


OW  vail  mtift  their  advantage  be, 


How  very  great  their  pleafure  prc^  1  . 
Who  live  like  brethren  and  confent. 
In  tender  offices  of  love. 

2  True  Love  is  like  that  precious  oil, 
Which  pour'd  on  Aaron's  facredhead, 

.  and  o'er  his  robes, 
Its  cbftly  fragrant  moiilure  flied.       » 


PSALM     CXXXIV.     CXXXV.      241 

3  'Tis  like  refrefhing  dew,  which  does 
On  Hermon's  lofty  top  diftil  \ 

Or  like  the  early  drops,  that  fall 
On  facred  Sion's  fruitful  hill. 

4  For  Sion  is  the  chofen  feat, 

The  feat  where  the  almighty  King 
The  promis'd  bieffing  has  ordain'd, 
And  fixed  life's  eternal  fpiing. 


Tfalm   134 — long  metre, 

1  T)  LESS  God,  ye  fervants  that  attend 
JL)  Upon  the  Lord's  rnoft  folemn  ft  ate  j 

That  in  his  temple,  night  by  night, 
With  holy  fear  and  rev'rence  wait. 

3  Within  his  houfe  lift  up  your  hands, 

And  ever  blefs  his  holy  name  ; 
From  Sion  blefs  thy  Ifrael,  Lord, 

E'e.n  thou  who  heav'n  and  earth  didft  frame. 


Pfalm  135 — peculiar  metre. 

1   T>RAISE  the  Lord  with  one  confent, 
A     Magnify  his  holy  name  ; 

Let  the  fervants  of  the  Lord 
Still  his  worthy  praife  proclaim. 

%  Praife  him,  ye  that  in  his  houfe, 
Wait  with.never-ceafing  care 

Praife  him,  ye  that  to  his  courts 
With  religious  zeal  repair. 

3  This  our  trueft  inter'ft  is, 
Joyful  hymns  of  praife  to  fing  ; 

With  loud  fongs  to  blefs  his  namr# 
Is  a  mofi  delightful  thing. 

o 


M2  P  S  A  L  M     CXXXV. 

4  God  his  own  peculiar  choice 
Doth  the  fons  of  Jacob  make  ; 

Ifrael's  num'rous  offspring  too, 
For  his  treaiure  he  doth  take. 

5  That  he's  great,  we  often  have 
Py  our  glad  experience  found  ; 

We  have  feen,  that  he  with  pow'r 
Tar  above  all  gods,  is  crown'd. 

Part  2 — long  metro. 

6  Great  is  the  Lord,  exalted  high 
Above  all  pow'rs  and  ev'ry  throne  ; 

Whatever  he  pleafe  in  earth  and  fea, 
Or  heav'n  or  hell,  his  hand  hath  done. 

7  At  his  command  the  vapors  rife, 

The  lightnings  flafli,  the  thunders  roar  ; 
He  pours  the  rain,  he  brings  the  wind 
And  tempeii  from  his  airy  itore. 

8  'Twas  he  the fe  dreadful  tokens  fent, 
O  Egypt,  thro'  thy  (lubbora  land  ; 

"When  all  thy  iirft-born,  beafts  and  men, 
Fell  dead  by  his  avenging  hand. 

9  What  mighty  nations,  mighty  kings 
He  Hew,  and  their  whole  country  gave 

To  Ifr'el,  whom  bis  hand  redeem'd, 
No  more  to  be  proud  Pharaoh's  flave. 

io  His  pow'r  the  fame,  the  fame  his  grace, 
That  faves  us  from  the  hefts  of  hell  ; 

And  heav'n  he  gives  us  to  pofiefs, 
Whence  thole  apellate  angels  fell. 

Part  3 — common  metre. 

ii  The  Lord  is  gocd  ;  and  works  unknown 
Are  his  divine  employ  : 


PSALM     CXXXVI. 


243 


But  ftill  his  faints  are  near  his  throne, 
His  treaiure  and  his  joy. 

12  All  pow'rthat  gods  or  kings  have  claira'd 
Is  found  with  him  alone  ; 

But  heathen  gods  ihould  ne'er  be  nam'd 
Where  our  Jehovah's  known. 

13  Which  of  the  flocks  and  ftones  they  truft, 
Can  give  them  fhow'rs  of  rain  ? 

In  vain  they  worihip  glitt'ring  duft, 
And  pray  to  God  in  vain. 

14  Their  gods  have  tongues  that  fpeechlefsproves 
Such  as  their  makers  gave  ; 

Their  feet  were  never  form'd  to  move, 
Nor  hands  have  pow'r  to  fave.  ' 

15  Blind  are  their  eyes,  their  ears  are  deaf, 
Nor  hear  when  mortals  pray  ; 

Mortals  that  wait  for  their  relief, 
Are  blind  and  deaf  as  they. 

16  Ye  fervants  of  the  living  God 
Adore  with  faith  and  fear  ; 

He  makes  the  churches  his  abode, 
And  claims  your  honors  there. 


Pfalm   136 — peculiar  metre. 

1  (~^  IVE  thanks  to  God  moft  high, 

V-T     The  univerfal  Lord  ; 
The  fov'reign  King  of  kings  : 
And  be  his  grace  ador'd. 
His  panvr  and  grace 
Are  JIM  the  fame  ; 
And  let  his  name 
Have  endlefs  praife. 

2  How  mighty  is  his  hand  ! 
What  wonders  hath  he  done  ! 


i )  F  S  A  L  M    CXXXVI. 

He  forin'd  the  earth  and  feas, 
And  fpread  the  heav'ns  alone. 
Thy  mercy,  Lord, 
Shall Jtill  endure  ; 
And  ever  jure 
Abides  thy  word, 

3  His  wifdom  fram'd  the  fun 
To  crown  the  day  with  light  ; 

The  moon  and  twinkling  ftars 
To  cheer  the  darkfome  night. 
His pon.v'r  and  grace 
Are  Jlill  the  fame  « 
And  let  his  name 
Have  endlefspraife. 

4  He  fmote  the  firft  born  fons, 
The  flow'r  of  Egypt,  dead, 

And  thence  his  chofen  tribes 
With  joy  and  glory  led. 
Thy  mercy,  Lord, 
Shall  Jlill  endure  ; 
And  ever  Jure, 
Abides  thy  word. 

5  His  pow'r  and  lifted  rod 
Cleft  the  Red  fea  in  two  ; 

And  for  his  people  made 

A  wond'rous  paflage  through, 
His  power  and  grace 
Are  Jlill  the  Ja?ne  ; 
And  let  his  name 
Have  endlefs  praije. 

£  But  cruel  Pharaoh  there 
With  all  his  holts  he  drown'd, 


PSALM     CXXXVI.  345 

And  brought  his  Ifr'el  fafe 
Thro'  a  long  defert  ground. 
Thy  mercy,  Lord, 
Shall  Jlill  endure  ; 
And  ever  Jure 
Abides  thy  word. 

7  The  kings  of  Canaan  fell 

Beneath  his  dreadful  hand  ; 
While  his  own  fervants  took 
Poffefiion  of  their  land. 
His  power  and  grace 
Are  Jiill  the  fame, 
And  let  his  name 
Have  endlefs  praife. 

2  He  faw  the  nations  lie, 

All  perifhing  in  fin, 
And  pity'd  the  fad  Hate 
The  ruin'd  world  was  in. 
Thy  mercy  Lord, 
Shall  Jiill  endure, 
And  ever  Jure 
Abides  thy  word. 

$  He  fenthis  only  Son, 

To  fave  us  from  our  woe, 
From  fatan,  fin  and  death, 
And  ev'ry  hurtfu  foe. 
His  power  and  grace 
Are  Jiill  the  fame  ; 
And  let  his  name 
Have  endlefs  praife. 

o  Give  thanks  aloud  to  God, 
To  God  the  heav'nly  King ; 

O  a 


2  4*  P  S  A  L  M     CXXXVII. 

And  let  the  fpacious  earth 
His  works  and' glory  ling, 
Thy  mercy  Lord, 
Shall  frill  endure  ; 
And  ever  Jure 
Abides  thy  word. 


PJahn  137 — particular  metre. 
2     A  LONG  the  banks  where  Babel's  current 

Jr\      flows, 

Our  captive  bands  in  deep  defpondence  ftray'd, 
While  Sion's  fall  in  fad  remembrance  rofe, 

Her  friends,  her   children  mingled   with  the 
dead. 

2  The  tunelefs  harp,  thatonce  with  joy  we  ftrung, 
When  praife  enrploy'd  and  mirth  infpir'd  the 

lay, 
In  mournful  filence  on  the  willows  hung  ; 

And  growing  grief  prolcng'd  the  tedious  day. 

3  The  barbarous  tyrants,  to  increafe  the  woe, 
"With  taunting  fmiles  a  fong  of  Zion  claim  ; 

Bid  f~ered  praife  in  ftrains  melodious  flow, 

While  they  blafphemethe  great  Jehovah's  name, 

4  Eut  how,  in  heathen  chains  and  lands  unknown. 
Shall  Ifr'el's  fons  a  fong  of  Zion  raife  ? 

O  haplefs  Salem,  God's  terreftrial  throne, 
Thou  land  of  glory,  facred  mount  of  praife. 

5  If  e'er  my  mem'ry  lofe  thy  lovely  name, 
If  my  cold  heart  neglect  my  kindred  race, 

Let  dire  deftruction  k-ize  this  guilty  frame  ; 
My  hand  mail  periih  and  my  voice  mail  ceafe. 

(S  Yet  (hall  the  Lord,  who  hesrs  when  Zion  call?, 
C'ertake  her  foes  with  terror  and  difmay, 


PSALM     CXXXVIII.  247 

His  arm  avenge  her  defolated  walls, 
And  raife  her  children  to  eternal  day. 


Pfalm  13  S — long  metre. 

1  "IT7TTH  my  whole  heart,  my  God  and  King, 

VV     Thy  worthy  praife  I  will  proclaim  ; 
Before  the  gods  with  joy  I'll  fingj 
And  ever  blefs  thy  holy  name. 

2  I'll  worfhip  at  thy  facred  feat, 
And,  with  thy  love  divine  inipir'd, 

The  praifes  of  thy  truth  repeat, 

Thy  truth  through  all  thy  works  admir'd. 

3  Thou  gracioufly  inclin'fl  thine  ear, 
When  I  to  thee  addrefs'd  my  cry  ; 

And  when  my  foul  was  prefs'd  with  fear, 
Did'ft  inward  ftrength  to  me  fupply. 

4  Therefore  fhall  ev'ry  earthly  prince, 
Thy  name  with  conftant  praife  purlue  ; 

When  thy  blefs'd  word  fhall  them  convince 
That  all  thy  works  are  juft  and  true. 


Part  % — long  metre. 

5  The  God  of  heav'n  maintains  his  flate, 
Frowns  on  the  proud,  and  fcorns  the  great  ; 

But  from  his  throne  defcends  to  blefs 
The  humble  fouls  that  truft  his  prace. 

o 

6  Amidft  a  thoufand  fnares  I  ft  and 
Upheld  and  guarded  by  thy  hand  ; 

Thy  words  my  fainting  foul  revive, 
Arid4teep  my  dying,  faith  alive. 

*]  Grace  will  complete  what  grace  begins, 
To  iVve  from  forrows  or  from  fins  ; 


24S  PSALM     CXXXIX. 

The  work  that  wifdom  undertakes, 
Eternal  mercy  ne'er  forfakes. 


Pfabn  139 — long  metre. 

1  HTTIOU,  Lord,  by  ftri&eft  fearch  haft  known 

-L     My  rifing  up  and  lying  down  ; 
My  fecret  thoughts  are  known  to  thee, 
Known  long  before  conceiv'd  by  me. 

2  Thine  eye  my  bed  and  path  furveys, 
My  public  haunts  and  private  ways  ; 
Thou  know'ft  what  'tis  my  lips  would  vent, 
My  yet  unutter'd  words  intent. 

3  Surrounded  by  thy  pow*r  I  Hand, 
On  ev'ry  fid-e  I  feel  thy  hand. 

O  fkill,  for  human  reach  too  high  ! 
Too  dazzling  bright  for  mortal  eye  ! 

4  O  could  I  fo  perfidious  be, 

To  think  of  once  deferting  thee  ! 
Where,  Lord,  could  I  thy  influence  (hun  ? 
Or  whether  from  thy  prefence  run  ? 

5  If  up  to  heav'n  I  take  my  flight, 

'Tis  there  thou  dwell'ft  enthron'd  in  light  ; 
If  down  to  hell's  infernal  plains, 
'Tis  there  almighty  vengeance  reigns. 

6  If  I  the  morning's  wings  could  gain, 
And  fly  beyond  the  weftern  main, 
Thy  fwifter  hand  would  firft  arrive, 
And  there,  arreft  thy  fugitive. 

7  Or  fhould  I  try  to  fhun  thy  fight 
Beneath  the  fable  wings  of  night ; 

One  glance 'from  thee,  one  piercing  ray 
Would  kindle  darkneis  into  day. 

S  The  veil  of  night  is  no  difguife, 
No  fcreen  from  thy  all-fearching  eyes : 


PSALM     CXXXIX.  249 

Thro'  midnight  fhades  thou  fmd'ft  thy  way, 
,,As  in  the  blazing  noon  of  day. 

f  Thou  know 'ft.  the  texture  of  my  heart, 
My  reins  and  ev'ry  vital  part  : 
Each  iingle  thread  in  nature's  loom 
By  thee  was  cover'd  in  the  womb, 

10  I'll  praife  thee,  from  whofe  hands  I  came, 
A  work  of  fuch  a  curious  frame  ; 
The  wonders  thou  in  me  haft  fhown, 
My  foul  with  grateful  joy  muft  own. 

ii  Thine  eyes  my  fubftance  did  furvey, 
While  yet  a  lifelefs  mafs  it  lay, 
In  fecret  ;  how  exactly  wrought,  • 
Ere  from  its  dark  inclofure  brought. 

12  Thou  didft  the  fhapelefs  embryo  fee, 
Its  parts  were  regifter'd  by  thee  : 
Thou  faw'ft  the  daily  growth  they  took, 
Form'd  by  the  model  of  thy  book. 

13  Let  me  acknowledge  too,   O  God, 
That  lince  this  maze  of  life  I  trod  ; 
Thy  thoughts  of  love  to  me  furmount 
The  pow'r  of  numbers  to  recount. 

14  Far  fooner  could  I  reckon  o'er 
The  fands  upon  the  ocean's  more  : 
Each  morn,  revifing  what  I've  done, 
I  find  th'  account  but  new  begun. 

25  The  wicked  thou  (halt  flay,  O  God  : 
Depart  from  me,  ye  men  of  blood, 
Whofe  tongUes  heav'n's  Majefty  profane, 
And  take  th'  Almighty's  name  in  vain. 

16  Lord,  hate  not  I  their  impious  crew? 
Who  thee  with  enmity  purfue  ? 


zSo  PSALM     CXL. 

And  does  not  grief  my  heart  opprefs, 
When  leprobates  thy  laws  tranfgrefs  1 

17  Who  practife  enmity  to  thee, 

Shall  utmoft  hatred  have  from  me  ; 

Such  men  I  utterly  deteft, 

As  if  they  were  my  foes  profeft. 

iS  Search,  try,  O  God,  my  thoughts  and  heart, 
If  miichief  lurks  in  any  part  ; 
Correct  me  where  I  go  aft  ray, 
And  guide  me  in  thy  perfect  way, 

Pjal.n  140 — long  metre. 

1  T)RESERVE  me,  Lord,  from  crafty  foes, 
Jl      Of  bafe  and  treacherous  intent  j 

And  from  the  fons' of  violence, 
On  ft  rife  and  open  mifchief  bent. 

2  Their  fland'ring  tongue  the  ferpent's  fting, 
Though  keen  in  fharpnefs,  does  exceed  ? 

Between  their  lips  the  gall  of  afps, 
And  adder's  mortal  venom  breed. 

3  Preferve  me,  Lord,  from  wicked  hands, 
Nor  leave  my  helplefs  foul  forlorn, 

A  prey  to  fons  of  violence, 

Who  have  my  utter  ruin  fworn. 

4  The  proud  for  me  have  laid  their  fnare, 
And  fpread  abroad  their  wily  net  ; 

With  traps  and  gins,  where  e'er  I  move, 
I  find  my  dang'rous  fteps  befet. 

5  But  thus,  environ'd  with  diftrefs, 
Thou  art  my  only  God,  I  faid  : 

Lop.d  hear  my  fupplicating  voice, 
That  calls  aloud  to  thee  for  aid. 

6  O  Lord,  the  God,  whofe  faving  ftrength, 
Kind  i'uccor  did  tome  convey 


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And  cover' d  my  advent'rous  head, 
In  the  tierce  battle's  doubtful  day. 

7  Permit  not  their  unjuft  defigns, 

To  anfwer  their  bafe  heart's  defire  ; 
Left  they,  encourag'd  by  fuccefs, 
Should  yet  to  bolder  crimes  afpire. 

8  Firft  (hall  their  chiefs  the  fad  effedls 
Of  their  unjuft  oppreffion  mourn  ; 

The  blaft  of  their  envenom'd  breath, 
Thou  wilt  upon  themfelves  return. 

9  They  too,  who  kindled  fir  ft  the  flame, 
Shall  firft  its  facrifice  become  ; 

The  pit  which  they  defign'd  for  me, 
Shall  be  their  own  untimely  tomb. 

io  Though  fland'rers  breath  may  raife  a  ftorm 
That  fleeting  breath  will  quick  decay  ; 

Their  rage  does  but  the  torrent  fwell, 
That  bears  themfelves  by  force  away  J 

ii  God  will  affert  the  poor  man's  eatife, 
And  fpeedy  help  and  fuccor  give  ; 

The  juft  lhall  celebrate  his  praife, 
And  in  his  prefence  ever  live. 


Tfalm  141 — long  metre. 

1  "j\/f"Y  GocT  accept  my  early  vows, 
XVI.  Like  morning  inoenfe  in  thy  houfe, 
And  let  my  nightly  worfhip  rife 

Sweet  as  the  ev'ning  facrifice. 

2  Watch  o'er  my  lips,  and  guard  them,  Lord, 
From  ev'ry  rain  and  heedlefs  word  ; 

Nor  let  my  feet  incline  to  tread 
The  guilty  path  where  finners  lead. 

3  Oh  may  the  righteous,  when  I  ftray, 
Smite  and  reprove  my  wand 'rang  way  ? 


z  $2  PSALM     CXLI.     CXLII. 

Their  gentle  words,  like  ointment  filed, 
Shall  neve-r  bruife,  but  cheer  my  head. 

4  When  I  behold  them  preft  with  grief, 
I'll  cry  to  Heav'n  for  their  relief  ; 
And  by  my  warm  petitions  prove 
How  much  I  pr,ize  their  faithful  love. 

Part  2 — common  metre. 

5  Around  the  yawning  graves  our  bones 
In  fcatter'd  ruins  lie, 

As  thick  as  from  the  hewer's  axe 
The  fever'd  fplinters  fly. 

6  But,  Lord,  to  thee  I  ftill  direct 
My  fupplicating  eyes ; 

O  leave  not  deftitute  my  foul, 
Whofe  truft  on  thee  relies. 

7  Do  thou  preferve  me  from  the  fnare3 
That  wicked  hands  have  laid  ; 

Let  them  in  their  own  nets  be  caught, 
While  my  efcape  is  made. 


Pfalm  142 — (hort  metre. 

1  HPO  God,  with  mournful  voice, 

JL       In  deep  diftrefs  I  pray'd  ; 
Made  him  the  umpire  of  my  caufe, 
My  wrongs  before  him  laid. 

2  Thou  didft  my  fteps  direct, 
When  my  griev'd  foul  defpair'd  ; 

For,  where  I  thought  to  walk  fecure, 
They  had  their  traps  prepai'd. 

3  I  look'd  but  found  no  friend 
To  own  me  in  diftrefs  ; 

AH  refuge  fail'd,  no  man  voucl  . 
His  pity  or  redrefs. 


PSALM    CXLIII.  253 


4  To  God  at  laft  I  pray'd  : 
Thou,  Lord,  my  refuge  art ; 

My  portion  in  the  land  of  life, 
Till  life  itfelf  depart. 

5  Reduc'd  to  greateft  ftraits, 
To  thee  I  make  my  moan  ; 

O  fave  me  from  oppreffing  foes, 
For  me  too  pow'rful  grown. 

6  That  I  may  praife  thy  name, 
My  foul  from  prifon  bring  ; 

Whilft  of  thy  kind  regard  to  me 
Anembled  faints  mall  fmg. 


Pfalm  143 — long  metre. 

1  TV /I"Y  righteous  judge,  my  gracious  God, 
XVJL     Hear  when  I  fpread  my  hands  abroad, 
And  cry  for  fuccor  from  thy  throne, 

0  make  thy  truth  and  mercy  known. 

%  Let  judgment  not  againft  me  pafs ; 
Behold  thy  fervant  pleads  thy  grace  : 
Should  juitice  call  us  to  thy  bar, 
No  man  alive  is  guiltlefs  there. 

3  Look  down  in  pity,  Lord,  and  fee, 
The  mighty  woes  that  burden  me  ; 
Down  to  the  dull  my  life  is  brought, 
Like  one  long  bury'd  and  forgot. 

4  I  dwell  in  darknefs  and  unfeen, 
My  heart  is  defolate  within  ; 

My  thoughts  in  mufing  filence  trace- 
The  ancient  wonders  of  thy  grace. - 

5  Thence  I  derive  a  glimpfe  of  hope 
To  bear  my  linking  fpirits  up  ; 

1  flretch  rny  hands  to  God  again, 
And  thirft  like  parched  lands  for  rain. 


a54  PSALM     CXLIV. 

6  For  thee  I  thirft,  I  pray,  I  mourn  ; 
Vv7hen  will  thy  fmiling  face  return  ? 
Shall  all  my  joys  on  earth  remove, 
And  God  for  ever  hide  his  love  ? 

7  My  God,  thy  long  delay  to  fave, 
Will  fink  thy  pris'ner  to  the  grave  ; 

My  heart  grows  faint,  and  dim  mine  eye  ;. 
Make  hafte  to  help  before  I  die. 

8  The  night  is  witnefs  to  my  tears, 
Diftrefling  pains,  diftreffmg  fears  ; 
Oh  might  I  hear  thy  morning  voice, 
How  would  my  weary'd  powers  rejoice  I 

9  In  thee  I  truft,  to  thee  I  figh. 
And  lift  my  weary  foul  on  high  ; 
For  thee  fit  waiting  all  the  day, 
And  wear  the  tireibme  hours  away. 

io  Break  off  my  fetters,  Lord,  and  fhow, 
The  path  in  which  my' feet  fhould  go  ; 
If  fnares  and  foes  befet  the  road^ 
I  flee  to  hide  me  near  my  God. 

1 1  Teach  me  to  do  thy  holy  will, 
And  lead  me  to  thy  heav'nly  hill : 
Let  the  good  Spirit  of  thy  love 
Conduct  me  to  thy  courts  above. 

i  a  Then  mall  my  foul  no  more  complain. 
The  tempter  then  (hall  i  age  in  vain  ; 
And  fleih,  that  was  my  foe  before, 
§hall  never  vex  my  fpirit  more. 

Pfalm  144 — long  metre. 

1  T^OR  ever  blefs'd  be  God  the  Lord, 
JL       Who  does  his  needful  aid  impart  I 

At  once  both  (trength  and  (kill  affords 
To  wield  mv  arms  with  warlike  art. 


PSALM     CLXIV.  255 

a  His  goodnefs  is  my  fort  and  tow'r, 
My  itrong  deliv'rance  and  my  ihield  ; 

In  him  1  truft  ;  whole  matchlefs  pow'r 
Makes  to  my  i'way  fierce  nations  yield. 

3  Loid,  what's  in  man  that  thou  mould 'ft  love 
Such  tender  care  of  him  to  take  ? 

What  in  his  offspring  could  thee  move 
Such  great  account  of  him  to  make  ? 

4  The  life  of  man  does  quickly  fade, 
His  thoughts  but  empty  are  and  vain  ; 

His  days  are  like  a  flying  (hade, 

Of  whole  Ihort  (lay  no  figas  remain. 

Part  2 — long  metre. 

5  In  folemn  ftate,  O  God,  defcend, 
Whilft  heav'n  its  lofty  head  inclines  ; 

The  fmoking  hills  afunder  rend, 
Of  thy  approach  the  awful  ligns. 

6  Difcharge  thy  dreadful  lightning  round,         i 
And  make  our  icatter'd  foes  retreat  ; 

Them  with  thy  pointed  arrows  wound, 
And  their  deftrudlion  foon  complete. 

7  Do  thou,  O  Lord,  from  heav'n  engage 
Thy  boundleis  pow'r  our  foes  to  quell  ; 

And  match  us  from  the  ftormy  rage 

Of  threat'ning  waves  that  proudly  fwell. 

$  Fight  thouagainft  our  foreign  foes, 
Who  utter  ipeeches  falfe  and  vain;-; 

Who,  though  in  folemn  leagues  they  clofe, 
Their  iworn  engagements  ne'er  maintain. 

9  So  we  to  thee,  O  King  of  kings, 

In  new  made  hymns  our  voice  will  raife, 

And  instruments  of  various  itrings, 
Shall  help  us  thus  to  ling  thy  praile. 


25$         PSALM     CXLIV.     CXLV. 

10  "  God  to  cur  rulers  aid  affords, 

"  To  them  his  lure  falvation  lends  ; 
"  'Tis  he  that,  from  the  murd'ring  fvvord, 
"  His  faithful  iervants  Hill  defends." 

1 1  Fight  thou  againft  our  foreign  foes, 
Who  utter  fpeeches  falfe  and  vain  ; 

Who,  though  in  folemn  leagues  they  clofe, 
Their  i'worn  engagements  ne'er  maintain. 

Part  3 — long  metre. 

12  Happy  the  city,  where  their  fens 
Like  pillars  round  a  palace  fet, 

And  daughters  bright  as  poliuYd  ftones 
Give  itrcngth  and  beauty  to  the  ftate. 

13  Happy  the  land  in  culture  drefs'd, 
Whole  flocks  and  corn  have  large  increafe 

Where  men  iecurely  v/ork  or  reft, 

Nor  ions  of  plunder  break  their  peace. 

14  Happy  the  nation  thus  endow'd, 
But  more  divinely  bled  are  thole 

On  whom  the  all-fumcient  God 

Himfelf  with  all  his  grace  bellows. 


Pfalm  145 — long  metre. 

MY  God,  my  King,  thy  various  praife 
Shall  fill  the  remnant  of  my  days  ; 
Thy  grace  employ  my  humble  tongue 
Till  death  and  glory  raiie  the  fong. 

The  wings  of  ev'ry  hour  mall  bear 
Some  thankful  tribute  to  thine  ear  ; 
And  ev'ry  letting  fun  ihall  fee 
New  works  of  duty  done  for  thee. 

Thy  truth  and  jufcice  I'll  proclaim  ; 
Thy  bounty  flows  an  endlefs  ftream  j 


PSALM     CXLV.  257 

Thy  mercy  fwift,  thine  anger  flow, 
But  dreadful  to  the  ftubborn  foe. 

4  Thy  works  with  fov'reign  glory  mine, 
And  fpeak  thy  Majefty  divine  ; 

Let  ev'ry  realm  with  joy  proclaim 
The  found  and  hcnor  of  thy  name. 

5  Let  diftant  times  and  nations  raife 
The  long  fucceilion  of  thy  piaife  ; 
And  unborn  ages  make  my  fong 
The  joy  and  triumph  of  their  tongue. 

€>  But  who  can  fpeak  thy  wond'rous  deeds, 
Thy  greatnefs  all  our  thoughts  exceeds  \ 
Vaft  and  unfear  enable  thy  ways  ! 
Vail  and  immortal  be  thy  praife. 

Part  2 — common  metre. 

7  Sweet  is  the  mem'ry  of  thy  grace, 

My  God,  my  heav'nly  King  ; 
Let  age  to  age  thy  righteoufnefs 

In  founds  of  glory  ling. 

S  God  reigns  on  high,  but  ne'er  confines 

His  goodnefs  to  the  fkies  ; 
Through  the  whole  earth  his  bounty  fhines, 

And  ev'ry  want  fupplies. 

9  With  longing  eyes  thy  creatures  wait 

On  thee  for  daily  food, 
Thy  lib'ral  hand  provides  their  meat, 

And  fills  their  mouths  with  good. 

to  How  kind  are  thy  compaffions,  Lord, 

How  flow  thine  anger  moves  ! 
But  foon  he  fends  his  pard'ning  word 

To  cheer  the  fouls  he  loves. 

ii  Creatures  with  all  their  endlefs  race 
Thy  pow'r  and  praife  proclaim  ; 


«5*  PSALM     CLXLV. 

But  faints  that  tafte  thy  richer  grace 
Delight  to  bleis  thy  name. 


Part  3 — common  metre. 

12  Let  ev'ry  tongue  thy  goodnefs  fpeak, 
Thou  ibv' reign  Lord  of  all, 

Thy  ftrength'ning  hands  uphold  the  weak, 
And  raife  the  poor  that  fall. 

13  When  forrow  bows  the  fpirit  down, 
Or  virtue  lies  diftrefl 

Beneath  fome  proud  opprefibr's  frcrwn, 
Thou  giv'ft  the  mourners  rett. 

14  The  Lord  fupports  our  finking  days, 
And  guides  our  giddy  youth,  j 

Holy  and.  juft  are  all  his  ways, 
And  all  his  words  are  truth. 

1 5  He  knows  the  pain  his  fervants  feel, 
He  hears  his  children  cry  ; 

And  their  beft  wifties  to  fulfil, 
His  grace  is  ever  nigh. 

1 6  His  mercy  never  mall  remove 
From  men  of  heart  fincere  ; 

He  faves  the  fouls,  whofe  humble  love 
Is  join'd  with  holy  fear. 

17  His  ftubborn  foes  his  fword  mall  flay, 
And  pierce  their  hearts  with  pain  ; 

But  none  that  i'erve  the  Lord  fhall  fay, 
"  They  fought  his  aid  in  vain." 

1 8  My  lips  mail  dwell  upon  his  praife, 
And  fpread  his  fame  abroad  ; 

Let  all  the  fons  of  Adam  raife 
The  honors  of  their  God, 


PSALM    CXLVI.    CXLVIL        255 

Pfalm  146 — long  metre. 

s   Y)RAISE  ye  the  Lord,  my  heart  fhall  join 
JL       In  work  fo  pleaiant,  fo  divine  ; 
Now  while  the  flefh  is  mine  abode, 
And  when  my  foul  afcends  to  God. 

a  Praife  fhall  employ  my  nobleit  pow'rs, 
While  immortality  endures  ; 
My  days  of  praife  mall  ne'er  be  pafl, 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  laft. 

3  Why  mould  I  make  a  man  my  truft  ! 
Princes  rnuft  die  and  turn  to  dull  ; 

Their  breath  departs,  their  pomp  and  pow^r* 
And  tkoughts,  all  vanifli  in  an  hour. 

4  Happy  the  man,  whofe  hopes  rely 
On  Ifr'el's  God  :  He  made  the  fky, 
And  earth,  and  feas,  with  all  their  train, 
And  none  fhall  find  his  promife  vain. 

5  His  truth  for  ever  {lands  fecure  ; 

He  faves  th'  opprelt,  he  feeds  the  poor  ; 
He  fends  the  lab'ring  conference  peace, 
And  grants  the  pris'ners  fweet  releafe. 

6  The  Lo*d  to  fight  reflores  the  blind  ; 
The  Lord  fupports  the  fmking  mind  ; 
He  helps  the  llranger  in  diftrefs, 
The  widow  and  the  fatherlefs. 

7  He  loves  the  faints,  he  knows  them  well, 
But  turns  the  wicked  down  to  hell : 
Thy  God,  O  Zion,  ever  reigns ; 

Praife  him  in  everlafting  ftrains. 


Pfalm  147 — long  metre. 

1   T) RAISE  ye  the  Lord  ;  'tis  good  to  raife 
X       Our  hearts  and  voices  in  his  praife  ; 


26o  PSALM    CXLVII. 

His  nature  and  his  works  invite 
To  make  this  duty  our  delight. 

2  The  Lord  builds  up  Jerufalem, 
And  gathers  nations  to  his  name  : 
His  mercy  melts  the  ftubborn  foul, 
And  makes  the  broken  fpirit  whole. 

3  He  form'd  the  flars,  thofe  heav'nly  flames, 
He  counts  their  numbers,  calls  their  names, 
His  fov'reign  wii'dom  knows  no  bound, 

A  deep  where  all  our  thoughts  are  drown'd. 

4  Great  U  the  Lord,  and  great  his  might ; 
And  all  his  glories  infinite  : 

He  crowns  the  meek,  rewards  the  juft, 
And  treads  the  wicked  to  the  dufl. 

Fart  2 — long  metre. 

5  Let  Zion  praife  the  mighty  God, 
And  make  his  honors  known  abroad  ; 
For  fweet  the  joy,  our  fongs  to  raiie, 
And  glorious  is  the  work  of  praife. 

6  Our  children  live  fecure  and  bleft  ,- 
Our  fhores  have  peace,  our  cities  reft  : 
He  feeds  our  Ions  with  fineft  wheat, 
And  adds  his  bleffing  to  their  meat. 

7  The  changing  feafons  he  ordains, 
The  early  and  the  latter  rains  ; 

His  flakes  of  fnow  like  wool  he  fends, 
And  thus  the  fpringing  corn  defends. 

8  With  hoary  frofr.  he  ftrews  the  ground  ; 
His  hail  defcends  with  dreadful  found  ; 
His  icy  bands  the  rivers  hold, 

And  terror  arms  his  wintry  cold. 

9  He  bids  the  warmer  breezes  blow, 
The  ice  diffolves,  the  waters  flow  : 


PSALM     CXLVIU.  9.6i 

But  he  bath  nobler  works  and  ways 
To  call  bis  people  to  his  praiie. 

ic  Thro'  all  our  realm  his  laws  are  mown  ; 
His  gol'pel  thro'  the  nation  known  ; 
He  hath  not  thus  reveal'd  his  word 
To  ev'ry  land  :  Praiie  ye  the  Lord. 

Pfalm  14s — long  metre. 
1   T    OUD  hallelujahs  to  the  Lord, 

JL-J  From  diftant  worlds  where  creatures  dwell, 
Let  heav'n  begin  the  iblemn  word, 

And  found  it  dreadful  down  to  hell. 

a  The  Lord  how  abfolute  he  reigns, 

Let  ev'ry  angel  bend  the  knee  ; 
Sing  of  his  love  in  heav'nly  [trains, 

And  fpeak  how  fierce  his  terrors  be. 

3  High  on  a  throne  his  glories  dwell, 
An  awful  throne  of  ibmi  ig  bllfs  : 

Fly  thro'  the  world,  O  fun,  and  tell, 
How  dark  thy  beams  comparM  to  his. 

4  Awake  ye  tempefis  and  his  fame, 

In  founds  of  dreadful  praiie  declare  ; 
Let  the  fweet  whifper  of  his  name 
Fill  ev'ry  gentler  breeze  of  air. 

5  Let  clouds  and  winds  a,nd  wavas  agree 
To  join  their  pra&fe  with  blazing  lire  ; 

Let  the  firm  earth  and  rolling  lea, 
In  this  eternal  fong  con  I  pi ire. 

6  Ye  flow'ry  plains  proclaim  his  (kill ; 
Ye  vallies  link  before  his  eye  ; 

And  let  his  praiie  from  ev'ry  hill 
Rife  tuneful  to  the  neighboring  fky. 

7  Ye  ftubborn  oaks,  and.  (lately  pines, 
Bend  your  high  branches  and  adore  : 

P  z 


262  PSALM     CXLVIII. 

Praife  him  ye  beafts,  in  diff'rent  ftrains  : 
The  lamb  muft  bleat  the  lion  roar. 

8  Ye  birds,  his  praife  muft  be  your  theme, 
Who  form'd  to  fong  your  tuneful  voice  j 

While  the  dumb  fifh  that  cut  the  ftream 
In  his  protecting  care  rejoice. 


Part  2 — peculiar  metre, 

9  Ye  kings  and  judges  fear, 

The  Lord,  the  fov'reign  King  ; 
And  while  you  rule  us  here, 
His  heav'nly  honors  fing  : 
Nor  let  the  dream 
Of  pow'r  and  ftate, 
Make  you  forget 
His  pow'r  iupreme. 

io  Virgins  and  youths  engage 

To  found  his  praife  divine,    , 
While  infancy  and  age 

Their  feeble  voices  join  : 
Wide  as  he  reigns, 
His  name  be  fung 
Ey  ev'ry  tongue, 
In  endlefs  ftrains. 

1 1  Let  all  the  nations  fear 

The  God  that  rules  above  ; 
He  brings  his  people  near, 

And  makesthem  tafte  his  love  : 
While  earth  and  Iky 
Attempt  his  praife, 
His  faints  mall  raife 
His  honors  high. 


PSALM     CXLIX.  a5; 

Pfalm  149 —  peculiar  metre, 

1  f\  Praife  ye  the  Lord, 
V>J  Prepare  your  glad  voice, 
His  praife  in  the  great 

Affembly  to  fing. 
In  our  great  Creator 

Let  Ifr'el  rejoice, 
And  children  of  Sion 

Be  glad  in  their  King. 

2  Let  them  his  great  name 

Extol  in  the  dance  ; 
With  timbrel  and  harp 

His  praifes  exprefs  : 
Who  always  takes  pleafure 

His  faints  to  advance, 
And  with  his  falvation 

The  humble  to  blefs. 

3  With  glory  adorn'd, 

His  people  fhall  fing, 
To  God,  who  their  beds 

With  fafety  does  fhield  : 
Their  mouths  fill'd  with  praifes 

Of  him  their  great  King  ; 
Whilft  a  two-edged  fword 

Their  right-hand  mall  wield : 

4  Juft  veng'ance  to  take,, 

For  injuries  pall  : 
To  punilh  thofe  lands 

For  ruin  defign'd  : 
With  chains,  as  their  captives, 

To  tie  their  king  fall  ; 
With  fetters  of  iron 

Their  noWesTo  bind. 

5  Thus  fhall  they  make  good, 

When  them  they  deitroy, 
The  dreadful  decree 
Which  God  does  proclaim  : 


2^4  PSALM    CL. 

Such  honor  and  triumph 
His  faints  mall  enjoy  ; 

O  therefore  for  ever 
Exalt  his  great  name. 


Pfalm  150 — long  metre. 

1  T>RAISE  ye  the  Lord,  all  nature  join 
JL     In  work  and  worfhip  fo  divine  : 
Let  heaven  and  earth  unite  and  raife 
High  hallelujahs  to  his  praife. 

2  While  realms  of  joy,  and  worlds  around, 
Their  hallelujahs  loud  refound  ; 

Let  faints  below,  and  faints  above, 
Exulting  ling  redeeming  love. 

3  High  hallelujahs  well  become, 
Vile  prodigals  returned  home  ; 

His  mighty  acls,  his  wond'rous  grace 
Demand  our  higheft  fongs  of  praife. 

4  As  inftruments  well  tun'd  and  fining, 
We'll  praife  the  Lord  with  heart  and  tongue 
While  life  remains  we'll  loud  proclaim 
High  hallelujahs  to  his  name. 

5  Beyond  the  grave  in  nobler  ftrains, 
When  freed  from  forrow,  fin  and  pains# 
Eternally  the  ch  urch  will  raife 

High  hallelujah  s  to  his  praife. 


FN'D     OF    THE    PSALMS. 


HYMNS 

AND 

SPIRITUAL     SONGS. 

Hymn  i   to  52,  are  fuited  to  the  Heidelbergh  Cate- 
chifm. 

Hymn  1 — common  metre. 

Our  only  Comfort, 

1  C  UBSTANTIAL  comfort  will  not  grow     ,. 
O  In  nature's  barren  foil 

All  we  can  boaft  till  Chrift  we  know, 
Is  vanity  and  toil. 

2  But  where  the  Lord  has  planted  grace, 
And  made  his  glories  known  ; 

There  fruits  of  heav'nly  joy  and  peace 
Are  found,  and  there  alone. 

3  A  bleeding  Saviour  feen  by  faith, 
A  fenfe  of  pard'ning  love  ; 

A  hope  that  triumphs  over  death 
Give  joys  like  thofe  above. 

4  To  take  a  glimpfe  within  the  vail, 
To  know  that  God  is  mine  ; 

Are  fprings  of  joy  that  never  fail, 
Unfpeakable  !  divine  ! 

5  Thefe  are  the  joys  which  fatisfy, 
And  fandtify  the  mind  ; 

Which  makes  the  fpirit  mount  on  high, 
And  leave  the  world  behind. 

C  No  more,  believers,  mourn  your  lot,  ' 

But  if  you  are  the  Lord's  ; 
B  efign  to  them  that  kno  w  him  not, 

Such  joys  as  ear'ch  affords. 


t66  HYMN    II.    III. 

Hymn  2 — common  metre. 
Covittion  of  Sin  and  Mifery  by  the  Law. 

1  T7AIN  are  the  hopes  the  fons  of  men, 

V     On  their  own  works  have  built  ; 
Their  hearts  by  nature  are  unclean, 
And  all  their  aclions  guilt. 

a  Let  Jew  and  Gentile  llop  their  mouths, 

Without  a  murm'ring  word, 
And  the  whole  race  of  Adam  Hand 

Guilty  before  the  Lord. 

3  In  vain  we  afk  God's  righteous  law 
To  juftify  us  now, 

Since  to  convince,  and  to  condemn, 
Is  all  the  law  can  do. 

4  Jefus,  how  glorious  is  thy  grace, 
When  in  thy  name  we  truft  ! 

Our  faith  receives  a  righteoufnefs, 
That  makes  the  (inner  juft. 

Hymn  3 — common  metre.     Original  Sin. 

1  /"VUR  nat'ral  and  our  fed'ral  head 
\J  In  Paradife  was  ptac'd, 

In  his  Creator's  image  made 

With  ftrength  and  wifdom  grac'd. 

2  Blefs'd  with  the  joys  of  innocence, 
Firm  and  fecure  he  flood, 

Till  he  debas'd  his  foul  to  fenfe, 
And  ate  th'  unlawful  food. 

3  Now  back  with  humble  (hame  we  look, 
On  our  original  ; 

How  is  our  nature  dafh'd  and  broke 
In  our  firft  father's  fall  ! 

4  To  all  that's  good,  averfe,  and  blind, 
But  prone  to  all  that's  ill  ; 


H  Y  M  N    III.  a57 

What  dreadful  darknefs  veils  our  mind  ! 
How  obftinate  our  will ! 

5  Conceiv'd  in  fin  (O  wretched  ftate  !) 
Before  we  draw  our  breath, 

The  firft  young  pulfe  begins  to  beat 
Depravity  and  death. 

6  Wild  and  unwholefome  as  the  root, 
Will  all  the  branches  be  ; 

How  can  we  hope  tor  living  fruit 
From  fuch  a  deadly  tree  ? 

7  What  mortal  pow'r  from  things  unclean 
Can  pure  productions  bring  ? 

Who  can  command  a  vital  ftream 
From  an  infected  fpring  ? 

8  Yet,  mighty  God,  thy  wond'rous  love 
Can  make  our  nature  clean, 

While  Chrift  and  grace  prevail  above, 
The  tempter,  death  and  fin. 

9  The  fecond  Adam  can  reftore 
The  ruins  of  the  firft  ; 

Hofanna  to  that  fov'reign  Pow'r 
That  new  creates  our  dull  ! 


Fart  2 — peculiar  metre.     We  mujl  be  born  again. 
io  Hear  the  terms  that  never  vary, 

"  To  repent  and  to  believe  ;" 
Both  of  thefe  are  neceffary, 

Both  from  Jefus  we  receive. 
O  then  finner  duly  ponder 

Thefe  m  thine  impartial  mind  : 
And  ne'er  think  to  put  afunder 

What  the  Lord  has  wifely  join'd. 

s  I  No  high  words  cf  ready  talkers, 
No  mere  doctrine  -will  fuffice  ; 


?<J8  HYMN    IV. 

Broken  hearts  and  humble  walkers, 
Thefe  are  dear  in  Jufus'  eyes. 

Tinkling  founds  of  difputation, 
Naked  knowledge  all  are  vain, 

Ev'ry  foul  that  gains  falvation 
Muft,  and  fhall  be  born  again. 


Hymn  4 — long  metre.      The  Jujlice  of  God. 

1  INTERNAL  King  !  the  greateft,  beft, 
-l_j  For  ever  glorious,  ever  bleft  ; 
The  great  I  AM,  Jehovah,  Lord, 

By  feraphim  and  faint  ador'd. 

2  Exalted  in  perfections  bright, 
Too  dazzling  far  for  mortal  fight, 

Thou  reign'ft  fupreme  o'er  thole  who  dwell 
In  heav'n  above,  on  earth,  or  hell. 

3  Thy  creatures  all  on  thee  depend 
Their  being's  author,  and  their  end  ; 
The  God  who  made,  upholds  them  ftill, 
And  rules  them  by  his  ibv'reign  will. 

4  Tho'  cloath'd  with  majefty  and  might, 
The  Judge  of  all  the  world  does  right, 
In  equal  balance  holds  the  fcale 
Where  truth  and  equity  prevail. 

5  Juftice,  the  firm  foundation  lays, 
Of  all  thy  laws,  thy  works  and  ways, 
Obedient  fouls  will  ever  find 

A  God  that's  faithful,  loving,  kind. 

6  But  he  who  fins,  muft  die  accurs'd, 
A  God  all  mercy  is  unjuft  ; 

Curs'd  is  the  man  who  dares  withdraw 
Obedience  from  thy  holy  law. 

7  Where  then  great  God,  or  how  fhall  we 
Approach  thy  dreadful  majefty  ! 


HYMN     V.  Z69 

Thy  facred  law  we  oft  have  broke 
And  ftand  obnoxious  to  thy  ftrokt, 

S  But,  0  thou  holy,  juft,  and  true  J 
Tho'  juftice  muft  have  all  its  due, 
Thou  can'ft  be  juft,  yet  juftify, 
The  foul  that  doth  on  Chrift  rely; 

9  O  boundlefs  wifdom,  love,  and  p^v'r; 
Thy  matchlefs  mercy  we  adore, 
That  found  out  this  amazing  plan 
To  fave  thy  ruin'd  creature  man. 

10  We  plead  the  fuff  'rings  of  thy  Son, 
We  plead  his  righteoufnefs  alone  ; 
He  bore  the  curie,  whence  thou  artiuft 
In  pard'ning  thofe  who  were  accurs'd. 


Hymn  5 — long  metre. 
A  Saviour  is  necejfary. 

1  T?NSLAV'D  by  fin  and  bound  in  chans 
XL  Beneath  its  dreadful  tyrant  fway, 

And  doom'd  to  everlafting  pains, 
We  wretched  guilty  captives  lay. 

2.  Nor  can  our  arm  procure  our  peace  ; 

Nor  will  the  world's  collected  flore 
Suffice  to  purchafe  our  releafe  ; 

A  thoufand  worlds  were  all  too  poor. 

3  A. Saviour,  man,  and  mighty  God, 
A  glorious  ranfom  muft  procure  ; 

Juftice  divine  demands  his  blood, 
And  nothing  lefs  can  life  infure. 

Jems  .the  man,  the  mighty  God, 
This  all-fufficient  ranfom  paid  : 
The  Mediator's  precious  blood 

For  wretched  finners  has  been  fhed. 


7o  !    H  Y  M  N     VI. 


5  Jefus  the/acrifice  became, 

To  refcul  guilty  fouls  from  hell  ; 
The  fpotlef ,  bleeding,  dying  Lamb, 
Beneath  venging  juftice  fell. 

6  Amazing  juftice  !  love  divine  ! 
P  may  o  r  grateful  hearts  adore 

The  matchifs  grace,  nor  yield  to  fin, 
Nor  weir  its  cruel  fetters  more  ! 


— long  metre. — Immanuel. 

i   TV  T  Ytong  {hall  blefs  the  Lord  of  all, 
XVJL  My  praife  (hall  climb  to  his  abode  > 

Thee,  S/viour,  by  that  name  I  call, 
The  gfeat  iupreme  the  mighty  God. 

As  mi±h,  when  in  the  manger  laid, 
Almighty  Ruler  of  the  fky  ; 
As  whey  the  fix  -days  work  he  made, 
FilPdjall  the  morning-ftars  with  joy. 

3  Of  a-1  the  crowns  Jehovah  bears, 
Salvlion  is  his  deareft  claim  ; 

That  gracious  found  well  pleas'd  he  hears, 
Andjowns  Immanuel  for  his  name. 

4  As  rfian,  he  pities  my  complaint; 
Hispow'r  and  truth  are  all  divine  ; 

As  Gfid  fuprerne,  he  cannot  faint, 
Salfation's  fure,  and  will  be  mine. 

Tart  2 — long  metre. — Tfoe  MeJJiah  is  come. 

5  Mfcffiah's  come — with  joy  behold 
Tie  days  by  prophets  long  foretold  : 
Judah,  thy  royal  fcepter's  broke, 

And  time  ft  ill  proves  what  Jacob  fpoke. 

6  Daniel,  thy  weeks  are  all  expir'd, 
The  time  prophetic  feals  requir'd  ; 


HYMN     VII.  271 

Cut  off  for  fins,  but  not  his  own, 
Thy  prince  Meffiah  did  atone. 

*l  Thy  famous  temple,  Solomon, 
Is  by  the  latter  far  out-fhone  : 
It  wanted  not  thy  glittering  ftore, 
Mefiiab/s  pre  fence  grac'd  it  more. 

8  We  fee  the  prophecies  fulfiil'd 

In  Jefus  that  moft  wond'rous  child  ; 
His  birth,  his  life,  his  death  combine 
To  prove  his  character  divine. 

9  Jefus,  thy  gofpel  firmly  ftands 

A  bl effing  to  thefe  favor'd  lands  : 
No  infidel  mail  be  our  dread, 
Since  thou  art  rilen  from  the  dead. 


Hymn  7 — fhort  metre. 
All  Men  are  not  fa<ued, 

1  "p\ESTRUCTION's  dang'rous  road 
JL/  What  multitudes  purfue  ! 

While  that  which  leads  the  foul  to  God, 
Is  known  or  fought  by  few. 

2  Believers  enter  in 

By  Chrift,  the  living  door  ; 
But  they  who  will  not  leave  their  fin, 
Muft  perifh  evermore. 

3  Iffelfmuft.be  denied, 
And  fin  forfaken  quite  ; 

They  rather  choofe  the  way  that's  wide, 
And  ftrive  to  think  it  right. 

4  Encompafs'd  by  a  throng, 
On  numbers  they  depend  ; 

They  think  fo  many  can't  be  wrong. 
And  coifs  a  happy  end. 


27*  HYMN     VII. 

5  But  numbers  are  no  mark 
That  men  will  right  be  found  ; 

A  few  were  fav'd  in  Noah's  ark 
For  many  millions  drown'd. 

6  Obey  the  gofpel  call, 
And  enter  while  you  may  ; 

The  flock  of  Chrift  remains  ftill  fmall 
And  none  are  fafe  but  they. 

7  Lord,  open  tinners'  eyes, 
Their  awful  ftate  to  fee  ; 

And  make  them,  ere  the  ftorm  arife, 
To  thee  for  fafety  flee. 

Part  2 — fhort  metre. — faith . 

8  Faith  ! — 'tis  a  precious  grace, 
Where'er  it  is  beltow'd  ! 

It  boafts  of  a  celeftial  birth, 
And  is  the  gift  of  God  ! 

$  Jefus  it  owns  a  King, 

An  all-atoning  Prieft, 
It  claims  no  merit  of  its  own, 

But  finds  it  all  in  Chrift. 

io  To  him  it  leads  the  foul, 

When  fill'd  with  deep  diftrefs  ; 

Appropriates  his  precious  blood, 
And  trufts  his  righteouinefs. 

xi  Since  'tis  thy  work  alone, 

And  that  divinely  free  ; 
Lord  fend  the  Spirit  of  thy  Son 

To  work  this  faith  in  me. 

Part  3 — common  metre. — The  Creed, 

12  In  God  the  Father  I  believe, 
Who  heav'n  and  earth  did  frame, 


HYMN    VII.  a73 

By  his  almighty  word  his  praife 
And  glory  to  proclaim. 

13  With  firmcft  confidence  my  foul 
Depends  on  him  alone  : 

For  he  my  God  and  Father  is, 
Through  Jeius  Chrift  his  Son. 

14  His  holy  providence  upholds, 
And  rules  fupreme  o'er  all  ; 

I  therefore  will  rejoice  in  him, 
Whatever  doth  befal. 

1  5  I  do  believe  in  Jefus  Chrift, 

Flis  only  Son,  our  Lord, 
Begotten  from  eternity, 

The  everiafting  Word. 

16  Who  was  conceived  by  the  pow'r 
Of  God  the  Holy  Ghoit  ; 

And  of  the  virgin  Mary  born, 
To  fave  that  which  was  loft. 

17  He  under  Pilate's  tyranny, 

To  iftame  and  death  was  doom'd  j 
Was  crucify'd — to  prove  his  death, 
He  alfo  was  entomb'd. 

1 3  The  wrath  of  an  offended  God 

On  him,  our  furety,  fell : 
In  foul  diftrefs,  he,  as  it  were, 

Defcended  into  hell. 

19  He  rofe  the  third  day  from  the  grave, 

A  mighty  Conqueror, 
O'er  fin,  death,  hell,  and  all  his  foes, 

And  lives  for  evermore. 

*a  He  intoheav'n,  moft  glorioufly. 

In  triumph,  did  afcend  j  / 


274  HYMN     VII. 

To  plead  our  caufe  ;  his  church  to  blefs, 
He  fits  at  God's  right  hand. 

21  From  whence  he  (hall  appear  again. 
In  fplendid  majefty, 

To  judge  the  world  in  righteoumefs, 
His  faints  to  glorify. 

22  I  in  the  Holy  Ghoft  believe, 
A  perfon  real,  and  one 

In  effence,  pow'r,  eternity, 
With  Father  and  with  Son. 

23  An  holy  cath'lic  church  I  own, 
The  heirs  of  heav'n  delign'd  : 

By  union  one  to  Chrift  their  head, 
And  one  another  join'd. 

24  Redemption,  through  the  blood  of  Chrift, 
I  heartily  embrace  ; 

»     E'en  the  forgivenefs  of  my  fins, 
The  gift  of  fov'reign  grace. 

25  The  refurre&ion  of  the  dead, 
Sincerely  I  maintain  ; 

My  foul  and  body  glorify'd, 

With  Chrift  mall  live  and  reign. 

,  25  The  hopes  of  everl ailing  life. 
My  fainting  foul  fuftain  ; 
Let  God  for  ever  be  ador'd, 
Let  all  men  fay,  Amen  I 

27  To  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghoft, 

The  God  whom  we  adore, 
Be  glory,  as  it  was,  is  now, 

And  ihall  be  evermore. 


HYMN     VIII.     II.  275 

Hymn  S — long  metre. —  The  Trinity, 

1  npO  comprehend  the  Three  irOne 

X     Is  more  than  higheft  angelj  can  ; 
Or  what  the  Trinity  has  done 

From  death  and  hell  to  ranfom  jfcan. 

2  But  all  believers  this  may  boafl 

(A  truth  from  nature  never  leam'd) 
That  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghat, 
To  faf  e  their  fouls  are  all  coitfern'd. 

3  The  Father's  love  in  this  we  tnd  ; 
He  made  his  Son  our  facrifice* 

The  Son  in  love  his  life  refign'd : 
The  Holy  Ghoft  this  blood  applies. 

4  Thus  we  the  Trinity  can  pr&fe 

One  only  God;  thro'  Chrift  Dur  King  ; 
Our  grateful  hearts  and  voices  raife 
In  faith  and  love  ;  while  thus  we  ling  : 

5  Glory  to  God  the  Father  be  ; 
Becaufe  he  fent  his  Son  to  die. 

Glory  to  God  the  Son  ;  that  he 
Did  with  fuch  willingnefs  comply. 

6  Glosy  to  God  the  Holy  Ghoft, 
Who  to  our  hearts  this  loye  reveals. 

Thus  God  three-one  to  linners  loft 
Salvation  fend?,  procures ',  and  feals. 


Hymn  9 — long  metre. 
God  the  Father,  Almighty  Creator. 

1  A  LMIGHTY  God  we  praife,  and  own, 
-l\  Thee  our  Creator,  King  alone  ; 

All  things  were  made  to  honor  thee 
O  Father  of  eternity. 

2  To  thee  all  ar.gels  loudly  cry, 

The  heav'ns  and  all  the  pow'rs  on  high, 


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276  HYMN     X. 

Cherubs  aid  feraphims  proclaim, 
And  cry,  tirice  holy  to  thy  name. 

3  Lord  God  <f  holts  thy  prefence  bright, 
Fills  heav'nand  earth  with  beauteous  light ', 
Th'  apoftle:  happy  company, 

And  anciem  prophets  all  praife  thee. 

4  The  crownel  martyrs  noble  hoft, 
The  holy  chirch  in  every  coaft, 
Their  Makei  for  their  Father  own, 
Now  reconci/d  in  Chriit  his  Son. 


Hym?i  10 — common  metre. — Providence. 

i   /^i  OD  move?  in  a  myfterious  way, 

\JJ  His  woncers  to  perform  ; 
He  plants  his  fooefteps  in  the  fea, 

And  rides  upon  the  itorm. 

2  Deep  in  unfatrom'd  mines 
Of  never  failing  fkill 

He  treafures  up  his  bright  defigns, 
And  works  his  bv'reign  will. 

3  Ye  fearful  faints,  frefh  courage  take, 
The  clouds  ye  fo  much  dread 

Are  big  with  mercy,  and  fhall  break 
In  bleflings  on  your  head. 

4  Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  fenfe, 

But  truft  him  for  his  grace  ; 
Behind  a  frowning  provideuce, 
He  hides  a  lmiling  face. 

5  His  purpofes-will  ripen  faft, 
Unfolding  every  hour  ; 

The  bud  may  have  a  bitter  tafte, 
But  fweet'will  be  the  flower. 

6  Blind  unbelief  is  fure  to  err, 
And  fcan  his  work  in  vain 


HYMN     X.  277 

God  is  bis  own  interpreter, 
And  he  will  make  it  plain. 

Part  2 — peculiar  metre. — The  Lord  <will  provide. 

7  Tho'  troubles  affail, 
And  dangers  affright, 
Tho'  friends  ihould  all  fail, 
And  foes  all  unite  : 

Yet  one  thing  fecures  us, 
Whatever  betide, 
The  fcriptures  allure  us, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

8  The  birds  without  barn 
Or  ftorehoufe,  are  fed  ; 
From  them  let  us  learn 
To  truft  for  our  bread  : 
His  faints  what  is  fitting, 
Shall  ne'er  be  deny'd 

So  long  as  'tis  written, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

9  We  may,  like  the  fhips, 
By  tempefts  be  toft 

On  perilous  deeps, 
But  cannot  be  loit  : 
Tho'  fatan  enrages, 
The  wind  and  the  tide, 
The  promife  engages, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

10  His  call  we  obey, 
Like  Abra'am  of  old, 
Not  knowing  our  way, 
But  faith  makes  us  bold  ; 
For  tho'  we  are  ftrangers 
We  have  a  good  guide, 

o 


a/8  HYMNS* 

And  truft  in  all  dangers, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

ii  When  fatan  appears 
To  flop  up  our  path, 
And  rill  us  with  fears, 
We  triumph  by  faith  j 
He  cannot  take  from  us, 
Tho'  oft  he  has  try'd, 
This  heart-cheering  promife, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

12  He  tells  us  we're  weak, 
Our  hope  is  in  vain, 
The  good  that  we  leek 
We  ne'er  fhall  obtain  ; 
JBfat  when  fuch  fuggeitions 
Our  fpirits  have  ply'd, 
This  anfwers  all  queftions, 
The  Lord  will  provide, 

13  No  ftrength  of  our  own, 
Or  goodnefs  we  claim, 
Yet  fince  we  have  known 
The  Saviour's  great  name  ; 
In  this  our  ftrong  tower 
For  fafety  we  hide, 

The  Lord  is  our  power, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

14  When  life  finks  apace, 
And  death  is  in  view, 
This  word  of  his  grac6 
Shall  comfort  us  thro' 
No  fearing  or  doubting 
With  Chrill  on  our  fide. 
We  hope  to  die  fhouting. 
The  Lord  will  provide. 


H  Y  M  N     XI.  Z-J9 

hymn     ii — common  metre* 
TJje  Name  of  Jefus. 

i   T'M  not  afham'dto  own  my  Lord, 

A     Or  to  defend  his  caufe, 
Maintain  the  honor  of  his  word, 

The  glory  of  his  crofs. 

2  Jefus,  my  God  !  I  knGw  his  name  j 
His  name  is  all  my  truft  ; 

Nor  will  he  put  my  foul  to  lhame, 
Nor  let  my  hope  be  loft. 

3  Firm  as  his  throne  his  promife  ftands, 
And  he  can  well  fecure 

What  I've  committed  to  his  hands, 
Till  the  deciii.ve  hour. 

4  Then  will  he  own  my  worthlefs  name 
Before  his  Father's  face, 

And  in  the  new  Jerufalem 
Appoint  my  foul  a  place* 

Part  2 — long  metre. — Jefus  the  only  Saviour. 

5  Jefus,  the  fpring  of  joys  divine, 
Whence  all  our  hopes  and  comforts  flow  : 

Jefus,  no  other  name  but  thine 
Can  fave  us  from  eternal  woe. 

6  In  vain  would  boafling  reafon  find 
The  way  to  happinefs  and  God  ; 

Her  weak  directions  leave  the  mind 
Bewilder' d  in  a  dubisus  road. 

7  No  otjier  name  will  Heav'n  approve  ; 
Thou  art  the  true,  the  living  way, 

(OrdainM  by  everlafting  love,) 

To  the  bright  realms  of  endlefs  day- 

8  Safe  lead  us  thro'  this  world  of  night, 
And  bring  us  to  the  bliisful  plains, 


2So  HYMN    XII. 

The  regions  of  unclouded  light, 
Where  perfect  joy  for  ever  reigns. 

Hymn     12 — common  metre. 
The  Offices  of  Chrijl. 

1  "\T7'E  hlefs  the  prophet  of  the  Lord, 

VV       That  comes  with  truth  and  grace  ; 
Jefus,  thy  fpirit,  and  thy  Word, 
Shall  lead  us  in  thy  ways. 

2  We  rev'rence  our  High-Prieft  above, 
Who  offer'd  up  his  blood, 

And  lives  to  carry  on  his  love, 
Ey  pleading  with  our  God. 

3  We  lienor  our  exalted  King  ; 
How  l\veet  are  his  commands  V 

He  guards  our  fouls  from  hell  and  fin, 
By  his  almighty  hands. 

4  Hofannah  to  his  bleffed  name, 
Who  faves  by  glorious  ways  ; 

Th'  anointed  Saviour  has  a  claim 
To  our  immortal  praile. 

Tart  2 — long  metre. — The  Chrijliatt* 

5  Honor  and  happinefs  unite 

To  make  the  Chriftian's  name  a  praife  : 
How  fair  the  fcene,  how  clear  the  light, 
That  fills  the  remnant  of  his  days  ! 

6  A  kingly  character  he  bears, 

No  change  his  prieftly  office  knows  : 
Unfading  is  the  crown  he  wears, 
His  joys  can  never  reach  a  clofe. 

7  Of  God  anointed  from  on  high, 
The  truth  he  boldly  will  profefs  > 

He  dares  to  live  and  dares  to  die, 
His  fteps  are  dignity  and  grace. 


HYMN     XIII.  tt  i 


S  The  nobleft  creature  feen  below, 
Ordain'd  to  fill  a  throne  above  ; 

God  gives  him  all  he  can  bellow, 
His  kingdom  of  eternal  love. 


Hymn  13 — long  metre. 
Chrijl  the  eternal  Son  of  God, 

1  f*\  Chrift,  thou  glorious  King,  we  own 
KJ  Thee  to  be  God's  eternal  Son : 
The  Father's  fulnefs,  life  divine 
Myfterioufiy  are  alfo  thine. 

2  When  rolling  years  brought  on  the  day, 
Foretold  and  fix'd  for  this  difplay, 
Thou,  our  deliv'rance  to  obtain, 
Didft  not  the  Virgin's  womb  difdain. 

3  At  God's  right  hand,  now,  Lord,  thou'rt  plac'd> 
And  with  thy  Father's  glory  grac'd  ; 

There  to  remain  till  thou  (halt  come, 
As  Judge  to  pafs  our  final  doom. 

4  From  day  to  day,  O  Lord,  do  we 
On  high  exalt  and  honor  thee  : 
Thy  name  we  worfhip  and  adore, 
World  without  end  for  ever  more. 

Part  2 — common  metre. 
Chrijl  the  Lord  of  kis  people,, 

5  Backfliders,  who  your  mis'ry  feel, 
Attend  your  Saviour's  call ; 

Return,  he'll  your  backflidings  heal ; 
O  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

6  Tho'  crimfon  fin  increafe  your  guilt, 
And  painful  is  your  thrall ; 

For  broken  hearts  his  blood  was  fpiit ; 
O  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 


Q,* 


*$*  HYMN    XIV. 

7  Take  v.rith  you  words,  approach  his  throne, 
And  low  before  him  fall  : 

He  underftands  the  fpirit's  groan  ; 
O  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

8  Whoever  comes  he'll  not  call  out, 
Altho'  your  faith  be  fmall  ; 

His  faithfulnefs  you  cannot  doubt ; 
O  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 


Hymn  14 — long  metre. —  The  Incarnation* 

1  HPHE  Virgin's  promis'd  Son  is  born  ; 

X    Eehold  th'  expecled  Child  appear  ; 
Let  infidels  forbear  their  fcorn 
For  God  himielf  approaches  near. 

2  The  government  of  earth  and  feas 
Upon  his  moulders  fliall  be  laid  ; 

His  wide  dominions  fliall  increafe, 
And  honors  to  his  name  be  paid. 

3  Jems  the  holy  Child  mall  fit 
High  on  his  father  David's  throne, 

Shall  crufh  his  foes  beneath  his  feet, 
And  reign  to  ages  yet  undnown. 

part  2 — peculiar  metre. — The  eternal  Son  of  Gcd 
took  upon  him  the  very  nature  of  man. 

4  God  nvith  us  '.    O  glorious  name  ! 
Let  it  mine  in  endlefs  fame  : 
God  and  man  in  Chrift  unite, 

O  myiterious  depth  and  height  ! 

5  God  Hvith  us  .'  th'  eternal  Son 
Took  our  foul,  our  fkfh  and  bone. 
Now,  ye  flints,  his  grace  admire, 
Swell  the  i'ong  with  holy  fire. 

6  God  <with  us  '.   but  tainted  not 
With  the  iirft  tranfereflbr's  blot : 


HYMN     XIV.  483 

Yet  did  he  our  fins  fuftain, 

Eear  the  guilt,  the  curfe,  the  pain. 

7  God  ivith  us  !  O  wond'rous  grace  I 
Let  us  fee  him  face  to  face, 
That  we  may  Immanuel  fmg, 

As  we  ought,  our  God  and  King. 

Part  3 — common  metre. 
The  Mediator  born  for  glorious  Purpofes. 

8  Hark  the  glad  found  !  the  Saviour's  come  ! 
The  Saviour  promis'd  long  1 

Let  ev'ry  heart  prepare  a  throne, 
And  ev'ry  voice  a  fong. 

9  On  him  the  fpirit  largely  pour'd 
Exerts  its  facred  fire  ; 

Wifdom  and  might,  and  zeal  and  love 
His  holy  breaft  infpire. 

io  He  comes  the  pris'ners  to  releafe, 

lnfata?is  bondage  held  ; 
The  gates  of  brafs  before  him  burft, 

The  iron  fetters  yield. 

1 1  He  comes  from  thickeft  films  of  vice 
To  clear  the  mental  ray, 

And  on  the  eye-balls  of  the  blind 
To  pour  celeftial  day. 

12  He  comes  the  broken  heart  to  bind, 
The  bleeding  foul  to  cure, 

And  with  his  righteoufnefs  and  grace 
T'  enrich  the  humble  poor. 

13  His  gofpel-trumpets  publifh  loud 
The  jua  lee  of  the  Lord  ; 

His  people  are  redeemed  now, 
Their  heritage  ;  eftor'd. 


284  HYMN     XV. 

14  Our  glad  ho/annas^  Prince  of  peace, 
Thy  welcome  {hall  proclaim  ; 

And  heav'n's  eternal  arches  ring 
With  thy  beloved  name. 


Hymn  15 — long  metre. — He  fuffercd. 

1  /"X  Lord,  when  faith  with  fixed  eyes 
V/  Beholds  thy  wond'rous  facrifice, 
Love  rifes  to  an  ardent,  flame, 

And  we  all  other  hope  difclaim. 

2  With  cold  affections  who  can  fee 

The  thorns,  the  fcourge,  the  nails,  the  tree, 
The  flowing  tears,  and  crimfon  fvveat, 
Thy  bleeding  hands,  and  head,  and  feet  ! 

3  Jefus,  what  millions  of  cur  race 
Have  been  the  triumphs  of  thy  grace, 
And  millions  more  to  thee  mall  fly, 
And  on  thy  facrifice  rely. 

4  The  forrow,  mame  and  death  were  thine, 
And  all  the  (lores  of  wrath  divine  ! 
Ours  are  the  pardon,  life  and  blifs  : 
What  love  can  be  compar'd  to  this  ! 

Part  2 — long  metre. — He  nvas  crucified. 

5  Stretch'd  on  the  crofs  the  Saviour  dies, 
Hark  1  his  expiring  groans  arife  ! 

See  from  his  hands,  his  feet,  his  fide, 
Runs  down  the  facred  crimfon  tide  ! 

6  Believers  now,  behold  the  man  : 
The  man  of  grief  condemn'd  for  you, 
The  Lamb  ot  God  for  finneis  flain, 
Weeping,  to  Calvary  purfue. 

7  His  facred  limbs  they  ftretch,  they  tear, 

With  nails  they  fallen  to  the  wood — 


HYMN     XVI.  285 

His  facred  limbs — expos'd  and  bare, 
Or  only  cover'd  with  his  blood. 

8  See  there  his  temples  crown'd  with  thorns, 
His  bleeding  hands  extended  wide, 

His  ftreaming  feet  transfix' d  and  torn, 
The  fountain  gufhing  from  his  fide. 

9  Thou  dear,  thou  fuff'ring  Son  of  God, 
How  doth  thy  heart  to  miners  move  I 

Sprinkle  on  us  thy  precious  blood, 
Conftrain  us  with  thy  dying  love. 


Hymn  16 — long  metre. 
The  death  of  Chrijl  was  necejfary. 

1  TMMORTAL  God,  on  thee  we  call, 
A  The  great  original  of  all  ; 

Thro'  thee  we  are,  to  thee  we  tend, 
Our  fare  fupport,  our  glorious  end. 

2  We  praife  that  wife  myflierious  grace. 
That  pitied  our  revolted  race, 

And  Jefus,  our  great  cov'nant  head, 
The  Captain  of  falvation  made. 

3  Thy  jujlice  doom'd  that  he  muft  die, 
Who  for  our  fins  would  fatisfy  : 

His  death  was  therefore  fix'd  of  old, 
And  in  thy  word  of  truth  foretold. 

4  A  fcene  of  wonders  here  we  fee, 
Worthy  thy  Son,  and  worthy  thee  ; 

And  while  his  theme  employs  our  tongues, 
All  heav'n  unites  its  fweeteft  fongs. 

Fart  2 — long  metre. — Death  to  the  Believer  defirable^ 

5  While  on  the  verge  of  life  I  ftand, 
And  view  the  fcene  on  either  hand, 
My  fpirit  ftruggles  with  my  clay, 
And  longs  to  wing  its  flight  away, 


286  HYMN     XVI. 

6  Where  Jefus  dwells  my  foul  would  be  ; 
And  faints  my  much-lov'd  Lord  to  fee  f 
Earth,  twine  no  more  about  my  heart, 
For  'tis  far  better  to  depart. 

7  Come,  ye  angelic  envoys,  come, 
And  lead  the  willing  pilgrim  home  ! 
Ye  know  the  way  to  Jems'  throne, 
Source  of  my  joys,  and  of  your  own. 

8  That  blifsful  interview,  how  fweet '. 
To  fall  tranfported  at  his  feet ! 
Rais'd  in  his  arms,  to  view  his  face, 
Thro'  the  full  beamings  of  his  grace  ! 

9  As  with  a  Seraph's  voice  to  fing  ! 
To  fly  as  on  a  Cherub's  wing  ! 
Performing,  with  unweary'd  hands, 
The  prefent  Saviour's  high  commands. 

io  Yet  with  thefe  profpecls  full  in  fight, 
We'll  wait  the  fignal  for  thy  flight  ; 
For  while  thy  fervice  we  purfue, 
We  find  a  heaven  in  all  we  do. 


Part  3 — common  metre. 
He  defcemled  into  Hell. 

ii   And  did  the  holy  and  the  juft, 
The  Sov'reign  of  the  fkies, 

Stoop  down  to  wretchednefs  and  duft, 
That  guilty  worms  might  rife  ? 

12  Yes,  the  Redeemer  in  his  foul 
Suftain'd  the  pains  of  hell ; 

The  wrath  of  God  without  controul, 
On  him  our  furety  fell. 

13  He  took  the  dying  fmner's  place, 
And  fuffer'd  in  his  ftead  ; 


HYMN     XVII.  *87 

For  man,  (0  miracle  of  grace  !) 
For  man  the  Saviour  bled  I 

14  Dear  Lord,  what  heav'nly  wonders  dwell 
In  thy  atoning  blood  ! 

By  this  are  fmners  fnatch'd  from  hell, 
And  rebels  brought  to  God. 

15  Jefus,  my  foul,  adoring,  bends 
To  love  fo  full,  fo  free  ; 

And  may  I  hope  that  love  extends 
Its  facred  power  to  me  ? 

16  What  glad  return  can  I  impart 
For  favors  fo  divine  ? 

O  take  my  all — this  worthlefs  heart, 
And  make  it  only  thine. 


Hymn  17 — long  metre. 
The  RefurreElion  of  Chrfft. 

1  'rT^lSjiniJb'd,  the  Redeemer  cries  ; 

_L    Then  lowly  bows  his  fainting  head  j 
And  foon  th'  expiring  facrifice 
Sinks,  to  the  regions  of  the  dead. 

2  "Tis  done — the  mighty  work  is  done  ! 
For  men  or  angels  much  too  great  ; 

Which  none,  but  God's  eternal  Son  ; 
Or  would  attempt  or  could  complete. 

3  iTis  done — old  things  are  pad:  away, 
And  a  new  Hate  of  things  begun  ; 

A  kingdom  which  fhall  ne'er  decay, 
But  ihali  out-laft  the  circling  fun. 

4  A  new  account  of  time  begins, 

Now  our  dear  Lord  refumes  his  breath, 
Charg'd  with  our  ibrrows  and  our  fins, 
Our  lives  to  ranibm  by  his  death. 


288  HYMN     XVIII. 

5  Once  he  was  dead,  but  now  he  reigns, 
He  lives,  he  lives,  he  lives  again  ; 

Let's  tell  our  joys  in  pious  ftrams, 
And  ipread  the  glory  of  his  name. 


Hymn  18 — long  metre. 
He  afctnded  into  Heaven. 

i   /^\UR  Lord  is  rifen  from  the  dead, 
\J     Our  Jefus  is  gone  up  on  high  : 

The  pow'rs  of  hell  are  captive  led 
Dragg'd  to  the  portals  of  the  fky. 

2  There  his  triumphal  chariot  waits, 
And  angels  chant  the  folemn  lay  ; 

"  Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heavenly  gates  ! 
"  Ye  everlafting  doors  give  way  !'' 

3  Lofe  all  your  bars  of  maffy  light, 
And  wide  unfold  the  radiant  fcene  ; 

He  claims  thofe  manfions  as  his  right, 
Receive  the  King  of  glory  in. 

4  u  Who  is  the  King  of  glory,  who  ?" 
The  Lord  that  all  his  foes  o'ercame, 

The  world,  fin,  death,  and  hell  o'erthrew, 
And  Jefus  is  the  conqueror's  name. 

5  Lo  !  his  triumphant  chariot  waits, 
And  angels  chant  the  folemn  lay, 

*'  Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heavenly  gates  ! 
"  Ye  everlafting  doors,  give  way." 

6  "  Who  is  the  King  of  glory,  who  ?" 
The  Lord  ofboundlefs  power  poffeft, 

The  King  of  faints  and  angels  toe, 
God  over  all,  for  ever  bleft  ! 


HYMN     XIX.  as<> 

Hymn  19 — long  metre. 

He  fitteth  at  the  right  hand  of  God. 

1    TESUS  the  Lord  our  fouls  adore, 
J    A  painful  SufFrer  now  no  more  ; 
High  on  his  Father's  throne  he  reigns 
O'er  earth,  andheav'n's  extenfive  plains.    . 

a  His  race  for  ever  is  complete  ; 
For  ever  undiiturb'd  his  feat ; 
Myriads  of  angels  round  him  fly, 
And  ling  his  well  gain'd  viclory. 

3  Yet,  'midft  the  honors  of  his  throne, 
He  joys  not  for  himfeif  alone  ; 

His  meaneft  fervants  fhare  their  part,   . 
Share  in  that  royal  tender  heart. 

4  B-aife,  raife,  my  foul,  thy  raptur'd  fight 
With  iacred  wonder  and  delight  ; 
Jefus  at  God's  right  hand  now  fee 
Enter'd  within  the  vail  for  thee. 

Part  2 — long  metre. 
Chrijl  will  come  to  judge  the  World. 

5  Now  to  the  Lord,  that  made  us  know 
The  wonders  of  his  dying  love, 

Be  humble  honors  paid  below, 

And  ftrains  of  nobler  praife  above. 

6  'Twas  he  that  cleans'd  our  fouleft  fins. 
And  wafh'd  us  in  his  richeft  blood  ; 

'Tis  he  that  makes  us  priefts  and  kings. 
And  brings  us  rebels  near  to  God. 

7  To  Jefus,  our  atoning  Prieft, 
To  Jefus,  our  fuperior  King, 

Be  everlafting  pow'r  confefs'd, 
And  every  tongue  his  glory  ling. 

R 


a9o  HYMN     XX.     XXL 

%  Behold,  on  flying  clouds  be  comes, 
And  ev'ry  eye  (hall  fee  his  face  : 
Tho'  with  our  fins  we  piere'd  him  once, 
He  now  diiplays  his  pard'ning  grace. 

9  The  unbelieving  world  (hall  wail, 
While  we  rejoice  to  fee  the  day, 
Come,  Lord :  nor  let  thy  promile  fail, 
Nor  let  thy  chariots  long  delay. 


Hymn  20 — long  metre. — God  the  Holy  Ghojl. 

1   T^TERNAL  Spirit  !  we  confefs, 

XL  And  fiflg  the  wonders  of  thy  grace  ; 
Thy  pow'r  conveys  our  bleffings  down 
From  God  the  Father  and  the  Son. 

7  Enlighten'd  by  thine  heav'nly  ray. 
Our  lhades  and  darknefs  turn  to  day  ; 
We  learn  the  meaning  of  thy  word, 
And  find  falvation  in  the  Lord. 

3  Thy  pow'r  and  glory  works  within. 
And  breaks  the  chains  of  reigning  tin  : 
Doth  cur  imperious  lufts  fubdue, 
And  forms  our  wretched  hearts  a-new. 

4  The  troubled  confeience  knows  thy  voice,. 
Thy  cheering  words  awake  our  joys ; 
Thy  words  allay  the  ftormy  wind, 

And  calm  the  furges  of  the  mind. 


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Hymn   21 — long  metre. — The  Church. 

E  are  a  garden  wall'd  around, 
Chofen,  and  made  peculiar  ground  ; 
A  little  fpoc,  inclos'd  by  grace, 
Out  of  the  world's  wide  wildernefs. 

\   Like  trees  of  myrrh  and  fpice,  we  iiand, 
planted  by  God  the  Father's  hand  j 


HYMN     XXL  29x 

And  all  his  fprings  in  Sion  flow, 

To  make  the  young  plantation  grow. 

Awake,  O  heav'nly  wind,  and  come, 
Blow  on  this  garden  of  perfume  ; 
Spirit  divine,  defcend,  and  breathe 
A  gracious  gale  on  plants  beneath. 

Make  our  beft  {pices  flow  abroad » 
To  entertain  our  Saviour,  God  : 
And  faith,  and  love,  and  joy  appear 
And  every  grace  be  aclive  here. 


Part  i — fhort  metre »— Communion  of  SainU 

5  Bleft  be  the  tie  that  binds 

Our  hearts  in  Chriftian  love  ; 
The  fellowihip  of  kindred  minds 

Is  like  to  that  above. 

<j  Before  our  Father's  throne 

We  pour  our  ardent  pray'rs 
Our  fears,  our  hopes,  our  aims  are  one> 

Our  comforts  and  our  cares. 

7  We  {hare  our  mutual  woes  ; 
Our  mutual  burdens  bear  ; 

And  often  for  each  other  flows 
The  fympathizing  tear. 

8  Ally'd  to  Chrift  our  head, 

We  acl,  we  groWj  and  thrive  : 
Nor  will  he  leave  us  with  the  dead, 
While  he  remains  alive. 

9  This  glorious  hope  revives 
Our  courage  by  the  way  ; 

While  each  in  expectation  lives, 
And  longs  to  fee  the  day. 


292  HYMN     XXII. 

10  From  forrow,  toil,  and  pain, 
And  fin,  we  (hall  be  free  ; 

And  perfect  love  and  friendfliip  reign 
Thro'  -all  eternity. 


"Pari  3 — long  metre. — Forgivenefs  of  Sins, 

1 1  Supreme  in  mercy,  who  mall  dare, 
With  thy  companion  to  compare  ; 
For  Jefus'  fake  thou  doft  forgive, 
And  bid  the  trembling  (inner  live. 

ii  Millions  of  our  tranfgreffions  paft, 
Cancell'd,  behind  thy  back  are  caft  ! 
Thy  grace,  a  fea  without  a  more, 
O'erflows  them,  and  they  rife  no  more. 

13  And  left  new  legions  mould  invade, 
And  make  the  pardon'd  foul  afraid, 
Our  inbred  lulls  thou  wilt  fubdue, 
And  form  degen'rate  hearts  a-new. 

14  Thy  truth  to  Jacob  mail  prevail  ; 
Thy  oath  to  Abram  cannot  fail  ; 
The  hope  of  faints  in  ancient  day?;, 
Which  ages  yet  unborn  mall  praife. 


Hymn  22 — long  metre. — RefurrsElion  of  the  Dead, 

1  T>LEST  Jefus,  fource  of  ev'ry  grace, 
-D  From  far  to  view  thy  fmiling  face, 
While  abfent  thus  by  faith  we  live, 
Exceeds  all  joys  that  earth  can  give. 

2  But  O  !  what  extacy  unknown 

Fills  the  wide  circle' round  thy  throne. 
Where  ev'ry  rapt'rous  hour  appears. 
Nobler  than  mil  lions  of  our  vears  I 


HYMN     XXII.  293 

3  Millions  by  millions  multiply'd 

&hall  ne'er  thy  faints  from  thee  divide  ; 
But  the  bright  legions  live  and  praiie, 
Thro*  all  thy  own  immortal  days.  * 

4  O  happy  dead,  in  thee  that  fleep, 

While  o'er  their  mould'ring  duft  we  weep  '. 
O  faithful  Saviour,  who  mail  come 
That  duft  to  ranfom  from  the  tomb  ! 

5  While  thine  unerring  word  imparts 
So  rich  a  cordial  to  our  hearts, 

Thro'  tears  our  triumphs  mail  be  mown, 
Tho'  round  their  graves,  and  near  our  own. 


Fart  z — common  metre. 
Life  everlajlhig. 

6  Amazing  grace  '.  (how  fweet  the  found  '.) 
That  fav'd  a  wretch  like  me  ! 

I  once  was  loft,  but  now  am  found, 
Was  blind,  but  now  I  fee. 

7  *Twas  grace  that  taught  my  heart  to  fear, 
And  grace  my  fears  reliev'd  ; 

How  precious  did  that  grace  appear, 
The  hour  I  firft  believ'd  ! 

8  Thro'  many  dangers,  toils  and  fnares, 
I  have  already  come  ; 

'Tis  grace  has  brought  me  fafe  thus  far, 
And  grace  will  lead  me  home. 

$  The  Lord  has  promis'd  good  to  me, 

His  word  my  hope  fecures  ; 
He  will  my  mield  and  portion  be, 

As  long  as  life  endures. 

10  Yes,  when  this  flelh  and  heart  (hall  fail, 
And  mortal  life  mail  ceafe  ; 


294  HYMN     XXIII. 

I  fhall  poffefs  within  the  vail, 
A  life  of  joy  and  peace. 

ii  There  joys  unfeen  by  mortal  eyes, 

Or  reafon's  feeble  ray  ; 
In  ever  blooming  profpe&s  rife, 

Unconfcious  of  decay, 

12  Then  now,  on  faith's  fublimeft  wing, 

Let  ardent  wilhes  rife 
To  thofe  bright  fcenes,  where  pleafures  fpring, 

Immortal  in  the  fkies. 


Hymn  25 — long  metre. — Juflifieatiort. 

1   T    ORD,  thy  imputed  righteoafnefs 
JLi   My  beauty  is,  my  glorious  drefs  ; 
'Midft  naming  worlds  in  this  array'd, 
With  joy  fhall  I  lift  up  my  head. 

«  When  from  the  dull  of  death  I  rife, 
To  take  my  manfion  in  the  fkies, 
E'en  then  fhall  this  be  all  my  plea, 
*'  Jefus  hath  liv'd  and  dy'd  for  me." 

3  Bold  fhall  I  Hand  in  that  great  day, 
For  who  aught  to  my  charge  fhall  lay  i 
While  thro'  thy  blood  abfolv'd  I  am, 
From  fin's  tremendous  curfe  and  fhame, 

4  Thus  Abraham,  the  friend  of  God, 
Thus  all  the  armies  bought  with  blood, 
By  faith  on  thee  alone  rely'd, 

And  in  the  Lord  were  juilify'd. 

5  This  fpotlefs  robe  the  fame  appear* ' 
When  ruin'd  nature  finks  in  years  : 
No  age  can  change  its  glorious  hue, 
The  robe  of  Chrift  is  ever  new. 

6  O  !  let  the  dead  now  hear  thy  voice  ! 
Bid,  Lord,  thy  mourning  ones  rejoice  5 


HYMN     XXIV.     XXV.  z9$ 

Their  beauty  this,  their  glorious  drefs, 
"  Jeius,  the  Lord  our  righteoufnefs." 


Hymn  24 — long  metre. 

Our  Works  are  no  part   of  our  Righteoufnefs    before 

God. 

1   "YJO  more,  my  God,  I  boaft  no  more 
JLN    Of  all  the  duties  I  have  done  ; 

I  quit  the  hopes  I  held  before, 
To  trull  the  merits  of  thy  Son. 

i  Now,  for  the  love  I  bear  his  name, 
What  W9s  my  gain,  I  count  my  lofs  : 

My  former  pride  I  call  my  fhame, 
And  nail  my  glory  to  his  crofs. 

3  Yes,  and  I  muft  and  will  efteem 
All  things  but  lofs  for  Jefus'  fake  : 

O  mav  my  foul  be  found  in  him, 
And  of  his  righteoufnefs  partake  ! 

4  The  beft  obedience  of  my  hands 
Dares  not  appear  before  thy  throne  ; 

But  faith  can  anfwer  thy  demands, 
By  pleading  what  my  Lord  has  done. 


Hymn  25 — common  metre. — The  Sacraments. 

1  T\/T Y  Saviour  God,  my  fov'reign  Prince, 
1VX  Reigns  far  above  the  Ikies  ; 

But  brings  his  graces  down  to  fenfe, 
And  helps  my  faith  to  rife. 

2  My  eyes  and  ears  (hall  blefs  his  name, 
They  read  and  hear  his  word  : 

My  touch  and  tafte  lhall  do  the  fame, 
When  they  receive  the  Lord. 


2  9  6  HYMN     XXVI. 

3  Baptifmal  water  is  defign'd 
To  leal  his  cleanfing  grace, 

While  at  his  feaft  of  bread  and  wine 
He  gave  his'  faints  a  place. 

4  But  not  the  waters  of  a  flood 
Can  make  my  fiefhfo  clean, 

As  by  his  fpirit  and  his  blood 
He'll  wafh  my  foul  from  fin. 

5  Not  choiceft  meats,  or  nobleft  wines, 
So  much  my  heart  refresh, 

As  when  my  faith  goes  thro'  the  iigns, 
And  feeds  upon  his  flefh. 

6  I  love  the  Lord,  that  ftoops  fo  low, 
To  give  his  word  a  feal  : 

But  the  rich  grace  his  hands  beftow 
Exceeds  the  figures  ftill. 


Hymn  26 — long  metre. — Baptifm. 

1  y  1  'WAS  the  commiffion  of  our  Lord, 

X     Go  teach  the  nations,  and  bapti7jet 
The  nations  have  receiv'd  the  word 
Since  he  afcended  to  the  ikies. 

2  He  fits  upon  th'  eternal  hills, 
With  grace  and  pardon  in  his  hands, 

And  fends  his  cov'nant,  writh  the  feals, 
To  bleis  the  diftant  heathen  lands. 

3  Repent,  and  be  baptixd,  he  faith. 
For  the  remijfion  of  your  Jins  ; 

And  thus  our  fenfe  affifts  our  faith, 
And  fhews  us  what  his  gofpel  means, 

4  Our  fouls  he  waflies  in  his  blood, 
As  water  makes  the  body  clean  ; 

And  the  good  Spirit  of  our  God 
Pefcends  like  purifying  rain. 


H  Y  M  N     XXVII.  29- 

5  Thus  we  engage  ourfelves  to  thee, 
And  feal  our  cov'nant  with  the  Lord  ; 

O  may  the  great  eternal  Three 

In  heav'n  oar  folemn  vows  record  ! 


Hymn  27 — common  metre. — Infant  Baptifm, 
1   ^pHUS  faith  the  mercy  of  the  Lord, 

JL     I'll  be  a  God  to  thee  ; 
ril  blefs  thy  rmmrous  race,  and  they, 
Shall  be  a  feed  to  me. 

z  Abra'm  believ'd  the  promis'd  grace, 

And  gave  his  child  to  God  ; 
But  water  feais  the  bleffing  now 

That  once  was  feai'd  with  blood. 

3  Jefus  the  ancient  faith  confirms, 
To  our  great  fathers  giv'n  ; 

He  takes  young  children  to  his  arms 
And  calls  them  heirs  of  Heav'n. 

4  Our  God,  how  faithful  are  his  ways  I 
His  love  endures  the  fame  : 

Nor  from  the  promife  of  his  grace 
Blots  out  the  children's  name. 

5  With  the  fame  bleffing  grace  endows 
The  Gentile  and  the  Jew  ; 

If  pure  and  holy  be  the  root, 
Such  are  the  branches  too. 

6  Then  let  the  children  of  the  faints 
Be  dedicate  to  God  : 

Pour  out  thy  Spirit  on  them,  Lord  ! 
And  walli  them  in  thy  blood. 

7  Thus  to  the  parents  and  their  feed 
Shall  thy  falvation  come, 

And  num'rous  houfehoids  meet  at  laft 
In  one  eternal  home. 

R2 


29S         HYMN     XXVIII.     XXIX. 

8  Thy  faithful  faints,  eternal  King  I 
This  precious  truth  embrace  ; 

To  thee  their  infant  offspring  bring, 
And  humbly  claim  thy  grace. 


Hymn  28 — long  metre. — The  Lord's  Supper, 

1  'HPWAS  on  that  dark,  that  doleful  night, 

JL     Whan  pow'rs  of  earth  and  hell  arofe 
Againft  the  Son  of  God's  delight, 
And  friends  betray'd  him  to  his  foes  : 

2  Before  the  mournful  fcene  began, 

He  took  the  bread  and  blefs'd  and  brake  ; 
"What  love  thro'  all  his  actions  ran  ! 

What  wond'rous  words  of  grace  he  fpake  ! 

3  This  is  my  body,  broke  for  Jin, 
Receive  and  cat  the  living  food  ; 

Then  took  the  cup,  and  blefs'd  the  wine  ; 
yTis  the  neu>  cov'nant  in  my  blood. 

4  Bo  this  (he  cry'd)  till  time  Jh all  end, 
In  memory  of  your  dying  friend  : 

Meet  at  my  table,  and  record 

The  love  of  your  departed  Lord, 

5  Jefus,  the  feaft  we'll  celebrate, 

We'll  (hew  thy  death,  we'll  fing  thy  name, 
Till  thou  return,  and  we  fhall  eat 
The  marriage  fupper  of  the  Lamb. 

Hymn  29 — fhort  metre. — -Bread  and  Wine. 

1    TESUS  invites  his  faints 

J    To  meet  around  his  board  ; 
Here  pardon'd  rebels  fit  and  hold 

Communion  with  their  Lord. 

3  For  food  he  gives  his  flefh  ; 
JKe  bids  us  drink  his  blood  ; 


HYMN     XXX.  z99 


Amazing  favor,  matchlefs  grace 
Of  our  defcending  God  ! 

3  The  holy  elements 
Remain  mere  wine  and  bread, 

But  fignify  and  feal  the  love 
Of  Chrift  our  cov'nant  head. 

4  Let  all  our  pow'rs  be  join'd 
His  glorious  name  to  raife  : 

Pleafure  and  love  fill  ev'ry  mind, 
And  ev'ry  voice  be  praife. 


Hymn  30 — common  metre. 
The  one  Sacrifice  of  Chrijl. 

1    TE5US,  in  thee  our  eyes  behold 

J    A  thoufand  glories  more 
Than  the  rich  gems  and  polifh'd  gold 

The  fons  of  Aaron  wore. 

a  They  firft  their  own  burnt  off'rings  brought 

To  purge  themfelves  from  fin  ; 
Thy  life  was  pure  without  a  fpot, 

And  all  thy  nature  clean. 

3  Frefh  blood,  as  conftant  as  the  day, 
Was  on  their  altar  fpilt  ; 

But  thy  one  off' ring  takes  away 
For  ever  all  our  guilt. 

4  Their  priefthood  ran  thro*  feveral  hands, 
For  mortal  was  their  race, 

Thy  never-changing  office  {lands, 
Eternal  as  thy  days. 

5  Once,  in  the  circuit  of  a  year, 
With  blood,  but  not  his  own, 

Aaron  within  the  vail  appears, 
Before  the  golden  throne. 


3©o  HYMN     XXX. 

6  But  Chrift  by  his  own  powerful  blood, 
Afcends  above  the  ikies, 

And,  in  the  prefence  of  our  God, 
Shows  his  own  facri&ce. 

7  Jefus,  the  King  of  glory,  reigns, 
On  Sion's  heav'nly  hill  ; 

He  ever  lives  who  once  was  ;lain, 
And  wears  his  priefthood  ftill. 

Part  2 — common  metre. — The  Communicant. 

8  How  fweet  and  awful  is  the  place, 
With  Chrift  within  the  doors  ; 

While  everlafting  love  difplays 
The  choiceft  of  her  ftores  ! 

9  Here  ev'ry  bowel  of  our  God 
With  foft  companion  rolls  ; 

Here  peace  and  pardon  bought  with  blood, 
Is  food  for  dying  fouls. 

io  While  all  our  hearts,  and  all  our  fongs, 

Join  to  admire  the  feaft, 
Each  of  us  cries,  with  thankful  tongues, 

"  Lord,  why  was  I  a  gucft  ? 

ii  "  Why  was  I  made  to  hear  thy  voice, 
"  And  enter  while  there's  room  ; 

u  When  thoufands  jnake  a  wretched  choice, 
V  And  rather  ltarve  than  come  ?" 

12  'Twas  the  fame  love  that  fpread  the  feaft 
That  fweetly  forc'd  us  in  ; 

Elfe  we  had  ftill  refus'd  to  tafte, 
And  perifh'd  in  our  fin. 

13  Pity  the  hypocrites,  O  Lord, 
Direct  them  how  to  come  ; 

Teach  them  to  know  and  fear  thy  word, 
And  bring  the  ftrangers  home. 


HYMN     XXXI.     XXXII.        301 

Z4.  We  long  to  fee  thy  churches  full, 

That  all  the  chofen  race 
May  with  one  voice,  and  heart,  and  foul, 

Sing  thy  redeeming  grace. 


Hymn  3 1 — long  metre. 
The  Keys  of  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven, 

1  "VT7TTH  what  delight  I  raife  my  eyes, 

VV     And  view  the  courts  where  Jejfus  dwells ! 
Jefusy  who  reigns  beyond  the  ikies, 
And  here  below  his  grace  reveals, 

2  Of  God's  own  houfe  the  facred  key 
Is  borne  by  that  majeftichand  ; 

Manfions  andtreafures  there  I  fee 
Subjecled  all  to  his  command. 

3  He  (huts  and  worlds  might  ftrive  in  vain 
The  mighty  obftacle  to  move  ; 

He  loofes  all  their  bars  again, 

And  who  mall  fhut  the  gates  of  love  ? 

4  Fix'd  in  omnipotence  he  bears 
The  glories  of  his  Father's  name, 

Suftains  his  people's  weighty  cares, 
Thro'  ev'ry  changing  age  the  fame. 

5  My  little  all  I  there  fufpend, 

Where  the  whole  weight  of  heav'n  is  hung 
Secure  1  red  on  fuch  a  friend,  - 
And  into  raptures  wake  my  tongue. 

Hymn  3  z — common  metre. — Gratitude. 
*  TTOW  can  I  fink  with  fuch  a  prop, 

£ X   As  my  eternal  God, 
7i  ho  bears  the  earth's  huge  pillars  up, 

And  fpreads  the  heav'ns  abroad  ? 
5t  How  can  I  die  while  Jefus  lives, 

Who  role  and  left  the  dead  ? 


3?2        HYMN     XXXII.  XXXIII. 

Pardon  and  grace  my  foul  receives, 
From  my  exalted  head. 

3  All  that  1  am,  and  all  I  have, 
Shall  be  for  ever  thine  ! 

Whate'er  my  duty  bids  me  give, 
My  cheerful  hands  refign. 

4  Yet  if  I  might  make  fome  referve, 
And  duty  did  not  call, 

I  love  my  God  with  zeal  fo  great, 
That  I  fiiould  £ive  him  all. 


Part  a — long  metre. — NeceJJity  of  good  Works. 

5  So  let  our  lips  and  lives  exprefs 
The  holy  goipel  we  profefs  ; 
So  let  our  works  and  virtues  mine, 
To  prove  the  doctrine  all  divine. 

C  Thus  mall  we  bell  proclaim  abroad, 
The  honors  of  our  Saviour  God  ; 
When  the  falvation  reigns  within, 
And  grace  fubdues  the  power  of  fin. 

7  Our  flefh  and  fenfe  muft  be  deny'd, 
Pailion  and  envy  lull  and  pride  : 

While  juftice,  temp'rance,  truth,  and  love, 
Our  inward  piety  approve. 

8  Religion  bears  our  fpirits  up, 
While  we  expect  that  bleffed  hope, 
The  bright  appearance  of  the  Lord, 
And  faith  lianas  leaning  on  his  word. 


Hymn  53 — common  metre. — Couverjk 


JN 


OT   the  malicious  or  profane, 
The  wanton  or  the  proud, 


HYMN     XXXIII.    XXXIV.  303 

Nor  thieves,  nor  fland'rers,  fhall  obtain 
The  kingdom  of  our  God. 

2  Surprifing  grace  !  and  fuch  were  we 
By  nature  and  by  fin, 

Heirs  of  immortal  mifery, 
Unholy  and  unclean. 

3  But  we  are  wafh'd  in  Jefus'  blood, 
We're  pardon'd  through  his  name  ; 

And  the  good  Spirit  of  our  God 
Has  fanclify'd  our  frame. 

4  O  for  a  perfevering  pow'r, 
To  keep  thy  juft  commands  ! 

We  would  defile  our  hearts  no  more, 
No  more  pollute  our  hands. 

Part  2 — fhort  metre. — Dead  to  Sin, 

5  Shall  we  go  on  to  fin, 
Becaufe  thy  grace  abounds  ? 

Or  crucify  the  Lord  again, 
And  open  all  his  wounds  ? 

6  Forbid  it  mighty  God  ! 
Nor  let  it  e'er  be  faid, 

That  we,  whole  fins  are  crucify'd, 
Should  raile  them  from  the  dead. 

7  We  will  be  flaves  no  more, 
Since  Chrifl  hath  made  us  free, 

Has  naii'd  our  tyrants  to  his  crofs, 
And  bought  our  liberty. 


Hymn  34 — long  metre. — Fuji  Command. 

ETERNAL  God  !  Almighty  caufe 
Of  earth  and  feas  and  worlds  unknown, 
Ail  things  are  fubjecT:  to  thy  laws  ; 
All  things  depend  on  thee  alone. 


3o4  H  Y  M  N     XXXV. 

2  Thy  glorious  being  fingly  ftands, 
Of  all  within  itfelf  poffett  ; 

Control'd  by  none  are  thy  commands  ; 
Thou,  from  thy  felf  alone  art  bleft. 

3  To  thee  alone  ourfelves  we  owe  ; 

Let  heav'n  and  earth  due  homage  pay  ; 
All  other  gods  we  difavow, 

Deny  their  claims,  renounce  their  fway. 

4  Spread  thy  great  name  thro'  heathen  lands  ; 
Their  idoi-deities  dethrone; 

Reduce  the  world  to  thy  command, 
And  reign,  as  thou  art,  God  alone. 

Hymn  35 — long  metre. — Second  Command, 

1  •'"pHOU  art,  O  God  !  a  Spirit  pure, 

A     Invifible  to  mortal  eyes  ; 
Th*  immortal  and  the  eternal  King, 
The  great,  the  good,  the  only  wife. 

2  Whilft  nature  changes,  and  her  works 
Corrupt,  decay,  diitblve  and  die, 

Thy  effence  pure  no  change  mall  lee, 
Secure  of  immortality. 

3  Thou  great  invifible  !  what  hand 
Can  draw  thy  image  fpotlefs  fair  ? 

To  what  in  heav'n,  to  what  on  earth, 
Can  men  th'  immortal  King  compare  ? 

4  Let  ftupid  heathens  frame  their  gods 
Of  gold  and  lilver,  wood  and  ftone  ; 

Ours  is  the  God  that  made  the  heav'ns, 
Jehovah  he,  and  God  alone. 

5  My  foul,  thy  pureft  homage  pay, 
In  truth  and  i'pirit  him  adore  ; 

More  ihall  this  pleafe  than  iacrilice, 

Than  outward  forms,  delight  him  more. 


H  Y  M  N     XXXVI.     XXXVII.        305 

Hymn  36 — common  metre. — Third  command, 

1  T_T  OLY  and  reverend  is  the  name 
JL  i    Of  our  eternal  King  ; 

Thrice  holy  Lord  !  the  angels  cry, 
Thrice  holy,  let  us  ling. 

2  Holy  is  he  in  all  his  works, 
And  truth  is  his  delight  ; 

But  finners  and  their  wicked  ways 
Shall  perifh  from  his  fight. 

3  The  deepeit  reverence  of  the  mind, 
Pay,  O  my  foul,  to  God  ; 

Lift  with  thy  hands,  a  holy  heart  " 
To  his  fublime  abode. 

4  With  facred  awe  pronounce  his  name, 
Abhor  the  lips  profane  ; 

Let  not  thy  tongue  the  Lord  blafpheme, 
Nor  take  his  name  in  vain. 

5  Thou  holy  God  !  preferve  my  foul 
From  all  poll&tion  free  ; 

The  pure  in  heart,  and  hands,  and  lips 
Alone  thy  face  (hall  fee. 


Hymn  37 — common  metre. — Religious  Oaths, 

1  T    ET  thofs  who  bear  the  Chriftian  name 
-Li  Their  holy  vows  fulfil  : 

The  faints,  the  followers  of  the  Lamb, 
Are  men  of  confcience  ftill. 

2  True  to  the  folemn  oaths  they  take, 
Tho'  to  their  hurt  they  iwear  : 

Conftant  and  juft  to  all  they  fpeak, 
For  God  their  Judge  can  hear. 

3  Still  with  their  lips  their  hearts  agree, 
Nor  perjury  devife  : 

They  know  the  God  of  truth  can  fee 
Thro'  every  falfe  difguiie. 


306       HYMN     XXXVIII.     XXXIX. 

Hymn  38 — long  metre. — Fourth  Command, 

1  "p  ETURN,  my  foul,  enjoy  thy  reft, 
Xv.  Improve  the  day  thy  God  has  blefs'd  j 
Another  fix-days  work  is  done, 
Another  fabbath  is  begun. 

2  Come,  blefs  the  Lord,  vvhofe  love  affigns 
So  fweet  a  reft  to  weary'd  minds  ; 
Provides  a  bleft  foretafte  of  heav'n, 

On  this  day  more  than  all  the  fev'n. 

3  O  that  our  thoughts  and  thanks  may  rife, 
As  grateful  incenfe  to  the  Ikies  ; 

And  draw  from  Chrifc  that  fweet  repofe, 
Which  none,  but  he  that  feels  it,  knows. 

4  This  heavenly  calm,  within  the  breaft, 
Is  the  dear  pledge  of  glorious  reft, 
Which  for  the  church  of  God  remains, 
The  end  of  cares,  the  end  of  pains. 

5  With  joy,  great  God,  thy  works  we  fcan, 
Creation's  fcene,  redemption's  plan  ; 
With  praife,  we  think  on  mercies  paft, 
With  hope,  we  future  pleaiures  tafte. 

6  In  holy  duties  let  the  day, 
In  holy  comforts  pafs  away  ; 
How  fweet,  a  fabbath  thus  to  fpend, 
In  hope  of  one  that  ne'er  mall  end.  , 


Hymn  39 — long  metre. — Fifth  Command. 

1   THREAT  fource  of  order,  Maker  wife#! 
VJT   Whole  throne  is  high  above  the  fkies ; 
We  praife  thy  name  ;  thy  laws  ordain, 
That  order  fhall  on  earth  obtain. 

%  Let  each  inferior  rank  revere 
All  fuch  as  their  fuperiors  are  ; 


HYMN     XXXIX.    XL.  3*7 

And  let  fuperiors  alfo  do 

What's  right  by  each  inferior  too. 

To  thee  m«y  each  united  houfe, 
At  morn  and  night  prefent  its  vows  ; 
O  may  each  family  proclaim 
The  honors  of  thy  glorious  name. 


Part  2 — fhort  metre. — Honor  to  Mxgijtrates,. 

4  Eternal  Sov'reign  of  the  Iky, 
And  Lord  of  all  below, 

We  mortals  to  thy  Majefty, 
Our  firft  obedience  owe. 

5  Our  fouls  adore  thy  throne  fupreme, 
And  blefs  thy  providence, 

For  magiftrates  of  various  name, 
Our  glory  and  defence. 

6  Where  laws  and  liberty  combine, 
To  make  the  nation  blefs'd  ; 

There  magiftrates  with  luftre  fhine, 
And  ftates  are  govern'd  beft. 

7  Nations  on  firm  foundations  ftand, 
While  virtue  finds  reward  ; 

And  finners  perifh.  from  the  land, 
By  juftice  and  the  fword. 

8  To  magiftrates  be  honor  paid, 
To  laws  obedience  mown  ; 

But  confciences  and  fouls  were  made 
To  be  the  Lord's  alone. 


Hymn  40 — long  metre. — Sixth  Command. 

%  'TTHO*  Lord,  our  hands  have  not  been  ftain'd, 
•*■     With  human  blood,  by  thee  reftrain'd  ; 


3Q3  HYMN     XLI. 

Yet  O  what  feeds  of  murder  wrought 
In  each  revengeful  word  or  thought  ! 

2  Condemn'd,  we  fall  before  thy  face, 
Our  only  refuge  is  thy  grace  ; 

O  wafh  our  fouls  from  ev'ry  fin, 
And  make  our  guilty  conscience  clean, 

3  Let  clamor,  wrath  and  war  begone, 
Let  bitter  words  no  more  be  known  ; 
Envy  and  fpite  for  ever  ceafe, 
Among  the  faints,  the  fons  of  peace. 


Hymn  41 — long  metre. — The  Seventh  Command. 

1  "\T7E  own,  O  Lord,  thy  precept  juft 

VV      Againft  impure  defires  and  luft, 
And  mourn  with  grief  and  humble  fhame 
Our  guilty  and  polluted  frame. 

2  In  vain  would  be  the  rafh  pretence 
To  plead  a  faultlefs  innocence  ; 
When  all  our  nature  is  unclean, 
And  foul  and  body  ftain'd  with  fin. 

3  But  what  ftrong  language  can  exprefs, 
Their  guilt  and  fhame,  and  wretchednefs, 
Who  boldly  dare  their  God  defy, 

And  with  their  lulls  offend  his  eye  ! 

4  O  wafh  their  fouls  from  this  foul  fin, 
And  make  their  guilty  conscience  clean  ; 
Great  God  create  their  hearts  anew, 
And  form  their  fpirits  pure  and  true. 

5  Guard  us,  bleft  Saviour,  by  thy  grace, 
Nor  let  temptations  gain  fuccefs  ; 
Freferve  the  temples  which  are  thine, 
That  we  in  holineis  may  thine. 


H  Y  M  N     XLII.  3c$ 

Hymn  42 — common  metre. — Eighth  Command. 

1  /^\  OME  let  us  fearch  our  ways  and  try, 
V><  Have  they  been  juft  and  right  ? 

Is  the  great  rule  of  equity 
Our  practice  and  delight  ? 

2  What  we  would  have  our  neighbor  do, 
Have  we  ftill  done  the  fame  ; 

And  ne'er  delay'd  to  pay  his  due, 
Nor  injur'd  his  good  name  ? 

3  In  ail  we  fell,  in  all  we  buy, 
Is  juftice  our  defign  ? 

Do  we  remember  God  isuigh 
And  fear  the  wrath  divine  ? 

4  In  vain  we  talk  of  Jefus'  blood, 
And  bcaft  his  name  in  vain, 

.If  we  can  flight  the  laws  of  God, 
And  prove  unjuft  to  men. 


Part  2 — long  metre. — Honefty. 

Great  God  thy  holy  law  commands 
Strict  honefty  in  our  demands  ; 
Forbids  to  plunder,  fleal  or  cheat, 
To  practice  falmood  or  deceit. 

Have  we  no  righteous  debt  deny'd 
From  views  difhoneft  or  through  pride  ? 
Nor  vext  the  poor  with  long  delay, 
And  made  them  groan  for  want  of  pay  ? 

O  !  if  our  honefty  be  gone 
And  leave  our  faith  and  hope  alone  ; 
If  honefty  be  banifh'd  hence, 
Religion  is  a  vain  pretence, 


3io  HYMN     XLIII.     XLIV. 

Hymn  43 — common  metre. — Ninth  Command. 

i  TJ  ELIGION  is  the  chief  concern 

J\_  Of  mortals  here  below  : 
May  all  its  great  importance  learn 

Its  fovereign  virtue  know. 

2  Let  deep  repentance,  faith,  and  love, 
Be  join'd  with  godly  fear  ; 

And  all  our  converi'ation  prove 
Our  fouls  to  be  fincere. 

3  Let  with,  our  lips  our  hearts  agree, 
Nor  fland'ring  wOrds  devife  : 

We  know  the  God  of  truth  can  fee 
Through  ev'ry  falfe  diiguife. 

4  Lord  never  let  our  envy  grow 
To  hear  another's  praife  ; 

Nor  rob  him  of  his  honor  due, 
By  bafe  revengeful  ways. 

5  O  God  of  truth  help  to  deteft 
Whate'er  is  falfe  or  wrong, 

That  lies  in  earned  or  in  jeit 
May  ne'er  employ  our  tongue. 


Hymn  44 — long  metre. — The  Tenth  Command. 

1  JJ/'HATE'ER  thy  lot  on  earth  may  be 

Let  it  contentment  yield  to  thee  ; 
Nor  others  envy,  nor  repme, 
Nor  covet  ought  that  is  not  thine. 

2  Juftly  haft  thou  forbidden,  Lord, 

Each  murm'ring  motion,  thought,  or  word  ; 

Juftly  requiring  full  content 

With  what  thy  providence  hath  lent. 

3  But  who  can  here  lift  up  his  eye 
Before  the  Lord  01  holts  on  high, 


HYMN    XLIV.  311 

And  fay,  "  this  precept  I've  obey'd  ?" 
Nor  from  it  ever  turn'd  afide. 

4  Alive  without  thy  law  I  flood, 

And  thought  my  ftate  was  fafe  and  good 
But  when  with  pow'r  this  precept  came, 
Ifaw  my  fin,  and  guilt,  and  mame. 

5  Lord  I  adore  thy  faving  love, 
Which  did  from  me  the  curfe  remove* 
By  hanging  on  the  accurfed  tree, 
And  being  made  a  curfe  for  me  ! 

Part  1 — common  metre. 
Sanclif  cation  on  Earth  imperfect, 

6  Grace  has  enabled  me  to  love 
Thy  holy  law  and  will, 

But  fin  has  not  yet  ceas'd  to  move, 
It  tyrannizes  ftill. 

7  Hence  often  fill'd  with  dread  alarms, 
My  peace  and  joy  fubfide, 
And  I've  employ  for  all  the  arms 
The  gofpel  has  fupply'd. 

8  Thus  difFrent  pow'rs  within  me  ftrive, 
While  oppofites  I  feel, 

I  grieve,  rejoice,  decline,  revive, 
As  fin  or  grace  prevail. 

9  But  Jefus  hath  his  promife  paft  ; 
Sin  with  the  body  dies, 

And  grace  in  all  his  faints  at  laft 
Shall  gain  its  victories. 

Part  3 — long  metre. 

Practical  Ufe  of  the  Moral  Lato, 

10  Here,  Lord,  my  foul  convicted  Hands 
Of  breaking  all  thy  ten  commands  ; 


312  II  Y  M  N     XLV. 

And  on  me  juftly  might'ft  thou  pour 
Thy  wrath  in  one  eternal  fhow'r, 

1 1   But  thanks  to  God,  its  loud  alarms 

Have  warn'd  me  of  approaching  harms  *, 
And  now,  O  Lord,  my  wants  1  fee, 
Loft  and  undone,  I  come  to  thee. 

i  a  I  know  my  fig-leaf  righteoufnefs 
Can  ne'er  thy  broken  law  redrefs  ; 
Yet  in  thy  gofpel  plan  I  fee 
There's  hope  of  pardon  e'en  for  me. 

13  There.  I  behold  with  wonder,  Lord  I 
That  Chrift  hath  to  thy  law  reftor'd 
Thofe  honors  on  th'  atoning  day, 
Which  guilty  finners  took  away. 

14  Amazing  wifdom,  pow'r  and  love, 
Difplay'd  to  rebels  from  above  ! 
Do  thou,  O  Lord,  my  faith  increafe 
To  love  and  truft  thy  plan  of  grace. 

Hymn  45 — long  metre. — Prayer* 

1  "X  Y7HERE  is  my  God  ?  does  he  retire 

VV     Beyond  the  reach  of  humble  fighs  ? 
Are  thefe  weak  breathings  of  deiire 
Too  languid  to  afcend  the  Ikies  ? 

2  No,  Lord,  the  breathings  of  defire, 
The  weak  petition,  if  lincere, 

Is  not  forbidden  to  afpire, 

But  reaches  thy  all-gracious  ear. 

3  Look  up,  my  foul,  with  cheerful  eye, 
See  where  the  great  Redeemer  ftands7 

The  glorious  Advocate  on  high, 
With  precious  incenfe  in  his  hands. 

4  lie  fweetens  every  humble  groan, 
He  recommends  each  broken  pray'r  -T 


HYMN     XLV.  313 

Recline  thy  hope  on  him  alone, 

Whofe  power  and  love  forbid  defpair. 

Part  2 — long  metre. 
The  Requifites  and  Subjects  of  Prayer, 

5  Pray'r  is  appointed  to  convey 
The  bleffings  God  defigns  to  give  : 

Long  as  they  live  mould  Chriftians  pray : 
They  learn  to  pray  when  firlt  they  live. 

6  If  pain  afflict,  or  wrongs  opprefs, 
If  cares  diffract,  or  fears  diimay  ; 

If  guilt  deject  ;  if  fin  diftrefs  ; 
In  ev'ry  cafe  look,  up  and  pray. 

7  'Tis  pray'r  fupports  the  foul  that's  weak  :    j 
Tho'  thought  be  broken,  language  lame, 

pray  ;  if  thou  canft,  or  canit  not,  fpeak; 
But  pray  with  faith  in  Jems'  name. 

8  Depend  on  him  ;  thou  canit  not  fail ; 
Make  all  thy  wants  and  wifhes  known  ; 

Fear  not  ;  his  merits  mult  prevail  : 
Afk  but  in  faith,  it  mail  be  done. 

Part  3 — peculiar  metre. — Lord's  Prayer, 

9  Father  of  all  !  eternal  mind  ! 
In  uncreated  light  enmrin'd, 
Irnmenfely  good,  immeriiely  great  ! 
Thy  children  form'd  and  blefs'd  by  thee, 
With  filial  love  and  homage,  \ve; 

Fall  proftrate  at  thy  awful  feet. 

10  Thy  name  in  hallow'd  ftrains  be  fungs 
Let  ev'ry  heart  and  ev'ry  tongue, 
In  the  celeftial  concert  join  ; 
In  loving,  ferving,  praifing  thee 
We  find  our  chief  felicity  : 
But  cannot  add  one  jot  to  thine. 
S 


3i4  HYMN     XLV. 

ii  Thy  righteous,  mild,  and  fov'reign  reign, 
Throughout  creation's  ample  plain, 
Let  ev'ry  thinking  being  own. 
Lord  in  our  hearts,  where  paflions  rude, 
With  fierce  tumultuous  rage,  intrude, 
Erect  thy  pow'rful,  peaceful  throne. 

i  %  As  angels  round  thy  feat  above, 
With  joyful  hafte,  and  ardent  love, 
Thy  bleft  commands,  attend,  fulfil ; 
So  let  thy  creatures  here  below, 
As  far  as  thou  haft  giv'n  to  know, 
Perform  thy  good  and  facred  will. 

13  On  thee  ;  we  day  by  day  depend, 
Our  being's,  Author,  and  its  end  ; 
Our  daily  wants,  and  need  fupply  ; 
With  healthful  meat  our  bodies  feed, 
Our  fouls  fuft ain  with  living  bread, 
Our  precious  fouls  which  never  die. 

24  Extend  thy  grace  to  ev'ry  fault  ; 

Each  Imfui  aclion,  word,  and  thought, 
Oh  !  let  thy  love  our  fins  forgive  ; 
For  thou  hail  taught  our  hearts  to  iliow 
Divine  forgiven e is  to  *mr  foe, 
Nor  longer  let  refentment  live. 

1 5  Where,  temptir^  mares  beftrew  the  way, 
To  lead  unwary  minds  aft  ray, 

Permit  us  not  therein  to  tread  ; 
Unlefs  thy  gracious  aid  appear 
T'  avert  the  threatening  danger  near, 
Trom  our  unguarded,  heedlefs  head. 

16  Thy  facrcdname  we  thus  adore, 
.    And  thus  thy  choiceft  gifts  impl 

With  ardent,  joyful,  humbU  mind  ; 


HYMN     XLVI.     XLVII.  3 

Becaufe  thy  pow'r,  and  glory  prove 
Thy  kingdom  built  on  ivifdom,  love, 
Endlefs,  triumphing,  unconfm'd. 

17  O  Lord  to  whom  we  ftill  repair, 
Accept  of  this  our  hearty  pray'r, 
Our  truft  is  in  thy  mighty  pow'r  ; 
Amen,  amen,  we  all  exprefs, 
With  one  accord  thy  name  we  blefs, 
Thou  art  our  fafeguard  and  our  tow'r. 

Hym.i  46 — common  metre. 
Our  Father  which  art  in  Heaven. 

1    Q  OV'REIGN  of  all  the  worlds  on  high, 

O  Allow  our  humble  claim  ; 
Nor  while  poor  worms  would  raife  their  heads, 

Difdain  a  Father's  name. 

z  Our  Father  God  I  how  fweet  the  found  I 

How  tendex,  and  how  dear  ! 
Not  all  the  mi;ody  of  heav'n 

Could  fo  delight  the  ear. 

3  Come,  facred  Spirit,  feal  thy  name 
On  mine  expanding  heart  ; 

And  iliew,  that  in  Jehovah's  grace 
I  ihare  a  filial  part. 

4  Cheer'd  by  a  fignal  fo  divine, 
Unwav'ring  I  believe  ; 

Thou  know'ft  I  Abba,  Father,  cry, 
Nor  can  thy  word  deceive. 


Hymn  47 — common  metre. 
Hollo-wed  be  thy  Name. 

r     A  MONG  the  princes,  earthly  gods., 
-TlL  There*  s  none  hath  pow'r  divine  \ 

Nor  are  their  names  or  works,  O  Lord, 
Or  natures,  like  to  thine. 


3i6  HYMN     XLVIII.     XLIX. 

2  Thy  matchlefs  pow'r,  thy  fov'reign  fway, 
>    The  nations  mall  adore  ; 

Their  long  mifguided  pray'rs  and  praife 
To  thee,  O  God,  reitore. 

3  Let  all  confefs  thy  name  and  know 
The  wonders  thou  haft  done  ; 

Let  all  adore  thee,  God  fupreme, 
And  own  thee,  God  alone. 

While  heav'n  and  all  who  dwell  on  high 

To  thee  their  voices  raife, 
Let  the  whole  earth  affift  the  fky, 

And  join  t'  advance  thy  praife. 


Hymn  48 — long  metre. — Thy  Kingdom  come, 

1     A   SCEND  thy  throne,  almighty  King, 
XX  And  fpread  thy  glories  all  abroad  ; 

Let  thine  own  arm  falvation  bring, 
And  be  thou  known  the  gracious  God. 

a  Let  millions  bow  before  thy  feat, 
Let  humble  mourners  feek  thy  face, 

Bring  daring  rebels  to  thy  feet, 
Subdu'd  by  thy  viaorious  grace. 

3    O  let  the  kingdoms  of  the  world 
Become  the  kingdoms  of  the  Lord  ; 

Let  faints,  and  angels  praife  thy  name, 
Be  thou  thro'  heav'n  and  earth  ador'd. 


Hymn  49 — long  metre^ 

Thy  Will  be  done  on  Earth  as  it  is  in  Heaven. 

1  npHOU  reign'ft,  O  Lord,  thy  throne  is  high 
*     Thy  robes  are  light  and  majeity  j 
Thy  pow'r  is  fov'reign  to  fulfil 
The  holy  counfels  of  thy  will. 


HYMN     XLIX,  3i7 

2  Thy  will  be  done  on  earth  below 
As  'tis  in  heav'n  ;  thy  grace  beftow 
On  us  and  all,  may  we  and  they 
Renounce  our  wills,  and  thine  obey. 

5  While  all  the  hofts  of  heaven  rejoice 
To  yield  obedience  to  thy  voice  ; 
In  conftancv,  and  zeal,  and  love, 
May  we  refemble  thofe  above. 

Part  z — common  metre. 
Thy  Providential  Will  be  done,    ' 

4  It  is  the  Lord — enthron'd  in  light, 
Whofe  claims  are  all  divine  ; 

Who  has  an  undifputed  right 
To  govern  me  and  mine. 

5  It  is  the  Lord — fhould  I  diftruft, 
Or  contradict  his  will  ? 

Who  cannot  do  but  what  is  juft, 
And  mull  be  righteous  ffcill. 

6  It  is  the  Lord — who  gives  me  all 
My  wealth,  my  friends,  my  eafe  ; 

And  of  his  bounties  may  recal 
Whatever  part  he  pleafe. 

7  It  is  the  Lord — who  can  fuftain 
Eeneath  the  heavieft  load, 

From  whom  affiftance  I  obtain 
To  tread  the  thorny  road. 

8  It  is  the  Lord — whofe  matchlefs  Ikill 
Can  from  afflictions  raife 

Matter,  eternity  to  fill 
With  ever-growing  praiie. 

9  It  is  the  Lord — my  cov'nant  God, 
Thrice  bleffed  be  his  name  I 

S2 


3X8  H  Y  M  N     L. 

Whofe  gracious  promife,  feal'd  with  blood, 
Muft  ever  be  the  fame. 

jo  His  cov'nant  will  my  foul  defend, 

Should  nature's  felf  expire  : 
And  the  great  Judge  of  all  defcend 
In  awful  flames  of  fire. 

x  i  And  can  my  foul  with  hopes  like  thefe, 

Be  full  en,  or  repine  ? 
No,  gracious  God,  take  what  thou  pleafe, 

I'll  cheerfully  refign. 

Hymn  50 — long  metre. 
Give  i/s  this  Day  our  daily  Bread. 

1  nPHP.O'  all  the  various  (hifting  fcene 

I      Or  life's  miftaken  ill  or  good  j 
Thy  hand,  O  God,  conduces  unfeen 
The  beautiful  vicifiitude. 

2  Thou  giveft  with  paternal  care, 
Howe'er  unjuftly  we  complain, 

To  each  their  neceffary  fhare 

Of  joy  and  forrow,  health  and  pain. 

3  Trull  we  to  youth,  or  friends,  or  power, 
Fix  we  on  this  terreftrial  ball  ? 

W  hen  moft  fecure,  the  coming  hour, 
If  thou  fee  fit,  may  blaft  them  all. 

4  When  loweft  funk  with  grief  and  fhame, 
Fill'd  with  affliction's  bitter  cup. 

Lolt  to  relations,  friends  and  fame, 
Thy  pow'rful  hand  can  raile  us  up. 

5  Thy  pow'rful  confolations  cheer, 

Thy  (miles  fupprefs  the  deep-fetch'd  Sgfc  ; 
Thy  hand  can  dry  the  trickling  tear 
That  fecret  wets  the  orphan's  eye. 


HYMN     LI.     LIL 


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6  Thus  far  fuftain'd,  and  cloath'd,  and  fed, 
Through  life's  tumultuous  fcenes  we've  come  ', 

Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread, 
And  lead  and  bring  us  fafely  home. 

Hymn  51 — common  metre. 
Forgive  us  our  Debts  as  ive  forgive  our  Debtors* 

J   T    ORD  at  thy  feet  we  finners  lie, 

-L*  And  knock,  at  mercy's  door  ; 
With  heavy  heart  and  down-caft  eye, 

Thy  favor  we  implore. 

2  In  deep  diftrefs  we  feek  thy  face 
Forgivenefs  to  receive  ; 

We  truft  our  fouls  are  taught  through  grace, 
Our  debtors  to  forgive. 

3  'Tis  pardon,  pardon  we  implore, 
O  let  thy  bowels  move  ; 

Thy  grace  is  an  exhauftlefs  (tore, 
And  thou  thyfelf  art  love. 

4  Oh,  for  thy  own,  for  Jefus'  fake, 
Our  many  iins  forgive  ; 

Thy  grace  our  rocky  hearts  can  break, 
And  breaking  foon  relieve. 

5  Mercy,  good  Lord,  mercy  we  plead, 
This  is  the  total  fum  ; 

IVIercy,  thro'  Chrift,  is  all  we  need, 
Lord,  let  thy  mercy  come. 


Hymn  52 — long  metr*. — Temptation. 

1  rpHUS  far  my  God  hath  led  me  on, 

-*■    Ar.d  made  his  truth  and  mercy  known  ; 
My  hopes  and  fears  alternate  rile, 
And  comforts  mingle  with  my  fighs. 

2  Thro'  this  wide  wildernefs  I  roam, 
Y&a  diftant  from  my  biifsful  home  ; 


3zo  HYMN     LII. 

Lord,  let  thy  prefence  be  my  ftay, 
And  guard  me  in  this  dangerous  way. 

3  Temptations  every  where  annoy, 
And  fins  and  fnares  my  peace  deftroy  j 
My  earthly  joys  are  from  me  torn, 
And  oft  an  abient  God  I  mourn. 

4  My  foul,  with  various  tempefts  tofs'd, 
Her  hopes  o'erturnM,  her  projects  crofs'd. 
Sees  every  day  new  flraits  attend, 

And  wonders  where  the  icene  will  end. 

5  Is  this,  dear  Lord,  that  thorny  road, 
Which  leads  us  to  the  mount  of  God  ? 
Are  thele  the  toils  thy  people  know, 
While  in  the  wildernefs  below  ? 

6  'Tis  even  fo,  thy  faithful  love 

Doth  all  thy  children's  graces  prove  : 
'Tis  thus  our  pride  and  felf  muft  fall, 
That  Jelus  may  be  all  in  all. 


Part  x — common  metre. 
Deliver  us  from  Evil. 

7  Teach  us,  O  Lord,  aright  to  plead 
For  mercies  from  above  ; 

O  come,  and  blefs  our  fouls  indeed, 
With  light,  and  joy,  and  love. 

8  The  gofpel's  promis'd  land  is  wide, 
We  fain  would  enter  in  ; 

But  we  are  prefs'd  on  ev'ry  fide, 
With  unbelief  and  fin. 

9  Ariie,  O  Lord,  enlarge  our  coaft, 

Let  us  polfefs  the  whole  ; 
That  fatan  may  no  longer  boaft, 

He  can  thy  work  controul. 


HYMN     LII  321 

10  Oh,  may  thy  hand  be  with  us  ftill, 
Our  guide  and  guardian  be  ; 

To  keep  us  fafe  from  ev'ry  ill, 
Till  death  mail  fet  us  free. 

1 1  Help  us  on  thee  to  qaft  our  care, 
And  on  thy  word  to  reft  : 

That  Ifrael's  God,  who  heareth  pray'r, 

Will  grant  us  our  requeft.  t 

Part  3 — common  metre. — Perfeverance. 

12  Rejoice,  believer  in  the  Lord, 
Who  makes  your  caufe  his  own  ; 

The  hope  that's  built  upon  his  word, 
Can  ne'er  be  overthrown. 

13  Tho'  many  foes  befet  your  road, 
And  feeble  is  your  arm  ; 

Your  life  is  hid  with  Chrift  in  God 
Beyond  the  reach  of  harm. 

14  Weak  as  you  are  you  fhall  not  faint, 
Or  fainting  fhall  not  die  ; 

Jefus,  the  flrength  of  ev'ry  faint 
Will  aid  you  from  on  high. 

15  As  furely  as  he  overcame, 
And  triumph'd  once  for  you ; 

So  furely,  you  that  love  his  name, 
Shall  triumph  in  him  too. 

Part  4 — common  metre. 
Victory  through  free  Grace. 

16  Let  me,  my  Saviour  and  my  God, 
On  fo'j  reign  grace  rely  ; 

And  own  'tis  free,  becaule  beftow'd 
On  one  fo  vile  as  I. 

17  Election  I  tis  a  word  divine  ; 
For,  Lord,  I  plainly  fee, 


j-;  HYMN     Lit 

Had  not  thy  choice  prevented  mine, 
I  ne'er  had  chofen  thee. 

iS   For  perfcverence,  ftrength  I've  come  ; 

But  would  on  this  depend, 
That  Jefus,  having  lov'd  his  own, 

Will  love  them  to  the  end. 

19  Empty  and  bare,  I  come  to  thee 
For  righteouihefs  divine  : 

O  may  thy  glorious  merits  be. 
By  imputation,  mine. 

20  Free  grace  alone  can  wipe  the  tears 
From  my  lamenting  eyes  : 

And  raife  my  foul,  from  guilty  fears, 
To  joy  that  never  dies. 

21  Free  grace  can  death  itfelf  out-brave, 
And  take  the  fting  away  : 

Can  finners  to  the  utmolt  lave, 
And  give  them  victory. 

Part  5 — long  metre. 
Thine  is  the  Kingdom,  Po-jjer,  and  Glory, 

23   Our  grateful  tongues,  immortal  King, 
Thy  giory  lhall  for  ever  fmg, 
Our  hymns  to  time's  remotelt  day, 
Thy  truth  i.i  facred  notes  difplay. 

23  What  pow'r,  O  Lord,  Hull  vie  with  thine  ? 
What  name  among  the  feats  divine, 

Of  equal  excellence  polTefs'd, 

Thy  ibv'reignty,  great  God,  conteft  ? 

24  Thee,  Lord,  heav'n's  hofts  their  Maker  own, 
Thine  is  the  kingdom,  thine  alone  ; 

Thee  endlefs  majefty  has  crown'd, 
And  glory  ever  veils  thee  round. 


H  Y  M  N    LH. 

25  Thrones  and  dominions  round  thee  fail, 
Thy  prefence  ihakes  this  lower  ball  ; 
From  change  to  change  the  creatures  run, 
But  all  thy  vaft  defigns  are  one. 

26  O  wife  in  all  thy  works  !  thy  name 
Let  man's  whole  race  aloud  proclaim, 
And  grateful,  thro'  the  length  of  days, 
In  ceafelefs  fongs  repeat  thy  praife. 

Part  6 — long  metre. — Home  in  view,  Amen, 

27  As  when  the  weary  traveler  gains 
The  height  of  fome  o'er-looking  hill, 

His  heart  revives,  if  crofs  the  plains 
He  eyes  his  home,  tho*  diftant  ftill. 

zS  Thus,  when  the  Chriftian  pilgrim  views 
By  faith,  his  maniion  in  the  fkies, 

The  light  his  fainting  itrength  renews, 

And  wings  his  fpeed  to  reach  the  prize. 

29  The  thought  of  home  his  fpirit  cheers,  - 
No  more  he  grieves  for  troubles  paft, 

Nor  any  future  trial  fears, 

So  he  may  fafe  arrive  at  laft. 

30  'Tis  there,  he  fays,  I  am  to  dwell 
With  Jefus,  in  the  realms  of  day  : 

There  I  fhall  bid  my  cares  farewel, 
And  he  will  wipe  my  tears  away. 

31  Jefus,  on  thee  our  hope  depends, 
To  lead  us  on  to  thine  abode  : 

Aflur'd  our  home  will  make  amends 
For  all  our  toil  while  on  the  road. 

32  Hallelujah, hallelujah, 

Hallelujah, hallelujah, 

Hallelujah, hallelujah, 

Halleluiah, .Amen,  Am-env 


324  H  Y  N  M    Lin.    LIV. 

Hymn  53  to  73  are  adapted  to  the  holy  Ordinances  of 
the   Lord's  Supper. 

Hymn  53 — common  metre. — Invitation. 

YE  wretched,  hungry,  ftarving  poor, 
Behold  a  royal  feaft  ! 
Where  mercy  fpreads  her  bount'ous  ftore, 
For  every  humble  gueft. 

2  See,  Jefus  Hands  with  open  arms  ; 
He  calls,  he  bids  you  come  : 

Guilt  holds  you  back,  and  fear  alarms  : 
But  fee  !  there  yet  is  room. 

3  O  come,  and  with  his  children  tafte 
The  bleffings  of  his  love  ; 

While  hope  attends  the  fweet  repaft 
Of  nobler  joys  above. 

4  There,  with  united  heart  and  voice, 
Before  th'  eternal  throne, 

Ten  tboufand  thoufand  fouls  rejoice, 
In  ecftacics  unknown. 

5  And  yet  ten  thoufand  thoufand  more, 
Are  welcome  ftill  to  come  : 

Ye  longing  fouis,  the  grace  adore  ; 
Approach,  there  yet  is  room. 


Hymn  54 — common  metre. — Limitation, 

1  HPHE  King  of  heav'n  his  table  fpreads, 

J-    And  bleffings  crown  the  board  ; 
Not  Paradife  with  ail  its  joys, 
Could  fuch  delight  afford. 

2  Pardon  and  peace  to  dying  man, 
And  endlefs  life  are  giv'n  ; 

Thro'  the  rich  blood  that  Jefus  ihed 
To  raife  our  fouls  to  heav'n. 


HYMN     LV.     LVI.  32c; 

3  Ye  hungry  poor,  that  long  have  ilray'd 
In  fin's  dark  mazes,  come  ; 

Come,  from  your  moft  obfcure  retreats, 
And  grace  iliall  find  you  room. 

4  Millions  of  fouls,  in  glory  now, 
Were  fed,  and  feafted  here  ; 

And  millions  more,  ftill  on  the  way, 
Around  the  board  appear. 

j  All  things  are  ready,  come  away, 

Nor  weak  excufes  frame  ; 
Crowd  to  your  places  at  the  feaft, 

And  bleis  the  Founder's  name. 


Hymn  55 — common  metre.- — Invitation, 

1   npHE  King  of  heav'n  a  feaft  has  made 

•"-     And  to  his  much  lov'd  friends 
The  faint,  the  famifh'd,  and  the  fad, 
His  invitation  fends. 

a  Lo,  at  thy  gracious  bidding,  Lard, 

Tho'  vile  and  bafe  we  come, 
O,  fpeak  the  reconciling  word, 

And  welcome  wand'rers  home. 

3  Impart  to  all  thy  flock  below 
The  bie  flings  of  thy  death  : 

On  ev'ry  mourning  foul  beftow 
Thy  love,  thy  hope,  thy  faith. 

4  May  each,  with  ftrength  from  heav'n  indu'd, 
Say,  "  My  beloved's  mine  ; 

"  I  eat  his  flefh,  and  drink  his  blood, 
"  In  figms  of  bread  and  wine. 


Hymn  55— long  metre. — Preparation. 

TER.NAL  Fling,  enthrcn'd  above, 
Look  down  in  faithfiilnefs  and  love  j 

X 


325  HYMN     LVII. 

Prepare  our  hearts  to  feck  thy  face, 
And  grant  us  thy  reviving  grace. 

a  Long  have  we  heard  the  joyful  call, 
But  yet  our  faith  and  love  are  fmall ; 
Our  hearts  are  torn  with  worldly  cares, 
And  all  our  paths  are  fill'd  with  mares. 

3  Unworthy  to  approach  thy  throne, 
Our  truft  i  •  fix'd  on  Chrift  alone  ; 
In  him  thy  cov'nant  ft  and  s  fecure, 
And  will  from  age  to  age  endure. 

t 

4  O  let  us  hear  thy  pard'ning  voice,       « 
And  bid  our  mourning  hearts  rejoice  5. 
Revive  our  fouls,  our  faith  renew, 
Prepare  for  duties  now  in  view. 

5  Make  all  our  fpices  flow  abroad, 
A  grateful  rncenfe  to  our  God  ; 
Let  hope  and  love  and  joy  appear, 
And  ev'ry  grace  be  a'iiiye  here. 

Hymn  57 — long  metre. — Preparation, 

2   nnHE  broken  bread,  the  biefled  cup, 
■*■    On  which  we  now  are  call'd  to  fup, 
Without  thy  help  and  grace  divine, 
Will  prove  no  more  than  bread  and  wine. 

2  But  come,  great  Mailer  of  the  feaft, 
Difpenfe  thy  grace  to  ev'ry  gueft  ; 
Direct  our  views  to  Calvary, 

And  help  us  to  remember  thee. 

3  Let  us  with  light  and  truth  be  bleft, 
That  on  thy  bofom  we  may  reft  ; 
And  at  thy  fuppe:  each  may  learn, 
Thy  broken  body  to  difcern. 

4  O  that  our  fouls  may  now  be  fed 
With  Chrift  himfelf,  the  living  bread  j 


HYMN     LVIII.     LIX.  327 

That  we  the  cov'nant  may  renew 
And  to  our  vows  be  rend'red  true  ! 


Hymn  58 — peculiar  metre. — Preparation. 

1  T    ET  me  with  light  and  truth  be  blefs'd, 
.1  J  O  let  them  lead  the  way, 

Till  on  thy  holy  hill  I  reft, 
And  in  thy  temple  pray  ; 

Frem  altars  then  I'll  raife 

To  God  and  fongs  of  praife 
To  him,  who  is  my  only  joy, 
Shall  all  my  grateful  hours  employ. 

2  Why  then  call  down  my  foul,  and  why 
So  much  opprefs'd  with  care  ? 

On  God,  thy  God  for  aid  rely, 
Who  will  thy  itate  repair  : 

On  him  alone  depend, 

For  he's  thy  cov'nant  friend  ; 
The  praife  of  him  thou  yet  (halt  fing, 
Who  is  thy  health's  eternal  fpring. 


Hymn  59 — long  metre. 
The  Memorial  of  our  abfent  Lord, 

1  JESUS  is  gone  above  the  fkies, 

J    Where  our  weak  fenfes  reach  him  not  ; 
And  carnal  objects  court  our  eyes, 

To  thruft  our  Saviour  from  our  thought. 

2  He  knows  what  wand'ring  hearts  we  have, 
Apt  to  forget  his  lovely  face  : 

And,  to  refrefh  our  minds,  he  gave 
Thefe  kind  memorials  of  his  grace. 

3  The  Lord  of  life  this  table  fpread 
With  his  own  fiefh  and  dving  blood, 


32S  HYMN     LX. 

We  on  the  rich  provifion  feed, 

And  tafte  the  wine,  and  blefs  our  God. 

4  Let  finfui  fweets  be  all  forgot, 
And  earth  grow  lefs  in  our  efteem  ; 

Chrift  and  his  love  fill  ev'ry  thought, 
And  faith  and  hope  be  fix'd  on  him. 

5  While  he  is  abfent  from  our  fight, 
'Tis  to  prepare  our  fouls  a  place, 

That  we  may  dwell  in  heav'nly  light, 
And  live  for  ever  near  his  face. 

6  Our  eyes  look  upwards  to  the  hills 
Whence  our  returning  Lord  lhall  come  ; 

We  wait  thy  chariot's  awful  wheels, 
To  fetch  our  longing  fpirits  home. 


Hymn  6o — common  metre. 
The  Love  ofChnfi. 


'H' 


Was  God's  eternal  Son  ! 
Our  mis'ry  reach'd  his  heav'nly  mind, 
And  pity  brought  him  down. 

i  When  juftice,  by  our  fins  provok'd, 
Drew  forth  his  dreadful  fword 

He  gave  .his  foul  up  to  the  ftroke, 
Without  a  murm'ring  word. 

3  Here  we  receive  repeated  feals 
Of  Jefus'  dying  love  ; 

Hard  is  the  wretch  that  never  feels 
One  foft  affection  move. 

4  Here  let  our  hearts  begin  to  melt, 
While  we  his  death  record, 

And,  with  our  joy  for  pardon'd  guilt, 
Mourn  that  wc  pierc'd  the  Lord. 


HYMN     LXL     LXII.  ^9 

Hymn     6 1 — common  metre. 
Cbrijl  the  Bread  of  Life. 

i   T    ET  us  adore  th'  eternal  Word, 

JLi     'Tis  he  our  fouls  hath  fed  ; 
Thou  art  our  living  ftrearn,  O  Lord, 

And  thou  th'  immortal  bread. 

2  Blefs'd  be  the  Lord,  that  gives  his  fie  & 
To  nourilh  dying  men  ; 

And  often  fpreads  his  table  frelh, 
Left  we  mould  faint  again, 

3  Our  fouls  mall  draw  their  heav'nly  breath, 
Whilft  Jefus  finds  fupplies  : 

Nor  (hall  our  graces  link  to  death. 
For  Jefus  never  dies. 

4  The  God  of  mercy  be  ador'd 
Who  calls  our  fouls  from  death, 

Who  faves  by  his  redeeming  word, 
And  new  creating  breath, 

5  To  praife  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
And  Spirit  all  divine, 

The  One  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One, 
Let  faints  and  angels  join. 


Hymn  6a, — common  metre, — -Pardon  fenUJ*. 

i  t  ORD,  how  divine  thy  comforts  are  ! 

*-J     How  heav'nly  is  the  place 
Where  Jefus-  fpreads  the  facred  feaft 

Of  his  redeeming  grace. 

2  There  the  rich  bounties  of  our  God» 

And  fweeteft  glories  fliine  ; 
There  Jefus  fays,  that  lam  his, 

And  my  Beloved's  mine. 


330  HYMN     LXIII.     LXIV.     LXV. 

3  Here,  (fays  the  kind  redeeming  Lord, 
And  (hews  his  wounded  fide) 

See  here  the  fpring  of  all  your  Joys, 
That  ope/i'd  when  I  dy'd. 

4  To  him  that  walh'd  us  in  his  blood, 
Be  everlafting  praife, 

Salvation,  honor,  glory,  pow'r, 
Eternal  as  his  davs. 


Hymn  63 — long  metre. — The  Love  of  Chrijl. 

1  'HPWAS  his  own  love  that  made  him  bleed 

X     That  nail'd  him  to  the  curled  tree  j 
'Twas  his  own  love  this  table  fpread 
Forfueh  unworthy  guefts  as  we. 

2  Then  let  us  tafte  the  Saviour's  love  ; 
Come  faith,  and  feed  upon  the  Lord  ; 

With  glad  confent  our  lips  ihall  move, 
And  fweet  holannas  crown  the  board. 


Hymn  64 — long  metre. 

Self  Dedication  at  the  Lord's  Table. 

1  T  ORD,  am  I  thine,  entirely  thine  ; 
^  Purchas'd  and  fav'd  by  blood  divine  ! 
With  full  confent  thine  I  would  be, 
And  own  thy  fov'reign  right  in  me. 

z  Thee  my  blefs'd  Matter  now  I  call, 
And  confecrate  to  thee  my  all ; 
Lord,  let  me  live  and  die  to  thee, 
Be  thine  thro'  ail  eternitv. 


Hymn  65 — common  metre. 
Faith,  Hope  and  Love. 


1  »T»HE  bleft  memorials  of  thy  grief, 
A      The  fufF'rings  of  thy  death, 


HYMN     LXVX 

We  come,  dear  Saviour,  to  receive  ; 
But  would  receive  with  faith. 

2  The  tokens  fent  us  to  relieve' 
Our  fpirits  when  they  droop, 

We  come,  dear  Saviour,  to  receive  ; 
But  would  receive  with  hope. 

3  The  pledges  thou  waft  pleas'd  to  leave, 
Our  mournful  minds  to  move, 

We  come,  dear  Saviour,  to  receive  ; 
But  would  receive  with  love. 

4  Here  in  obedience  to  thy  word 
We  take  the  bread  and  wine  ; 

The  utmoft  we  can  do,  dear  Lord, 
For  all  beyond  is  thine. 

5  Increafe  our  faith,  and  hope,  and  love  j 
Lord,  give  us  all  that's  good  : 

We  would  thy  full  falvation  prove, 
And  lhare  thy  flefli  and  blood. 

Hymn  66 — long  metre. 
Struggling  againjl  Unbelief. 

£  T)ITY  a  helplefs  finner,  Lord, 

X     Who  would  believe  thy  gracious  word 
Owns  his  heart,  with  fhame  and  grief, 
A  fink  of  fm  and  unbelief. 

■z  Lord,  in  thy  houfe  I  read  there's  room  ; 
x\nd  vent'ring  hard,  behold  I  come  : 
But  can  there,  Saviour  !  can  there  be, 
Among  thy  children  room  for  me  P 

3  I  eat  the  bread,  and  drink  the  wine  : 
But  oh  !  my  foul  wants  more  than  fign; 
I  faint,  unlefs  I  feed  on  thee, 
And  drink  thy  blood  as  fhed  for  me. 


33^  HYMN     LXVII.     LXVIII. 

4  For  fmners,  Lord,  thou  cam'ft  to  bleed  ; 
And  I'm  a  firmer  vile  fodeed  ! 

Lord  I  believe  thy  grace  is  free  ; 
O  !  magnify  thy  grace  in  me. 


Hymn  67 — common  me^re. — Appropriation. 

1  nn HAT  doleful  night  before  his  death, 

•*■      The  Lamb  for  fmners  ilaiii 
Did  almofc  with  his  lateft  breath 
This  folemn  feait  ordain. 

2  To  keep  thy  feaft,  Lord,  we  are  met  : 
And  to  remember  thee, 

Help  each  poor  trembler  to  repeat, 
Forme,  he  dy'd,/c/-  me. 

3  Thy  fuff'rings,  Lord,  each  facred  figfi 
To  our  remembrance  brings  : 

"VVe  eat  the  bread  and  drink  the  wine  ; 
But  think  on  nobler  things, 

4  O,  tune  our  tongues,  and  fet  in  frame 
Each  heart  that  pants  for  thee, 

To  fing,  "  Hofanna  to  the  Lamb, 
"  The  Lamb  that  died  for  me.' ' 

Hymn  68 — peculiar  metre. 

H'c-  celebrate  His  dyirg  Lcje. 

j    TESUS,  once  for  finners  flam, 
J    From  the  dead  was  rais'd  agqin  ; 
And  in  heav'n  is  now  let  down 
With  his  Father  on  his  throne. 

a  There  he. reigns  a  King  fupreme, 
We  ihall  alio  reign  with  him. 
Feeble  fouls,  be  not  diimay'd  : 
Trull  in  his  Almighty  aid. 


HYMN    LXIX.   "II.  335 

3  He  has  made  an  end  of  fin  :  -wr. 
And  his  blood  has  wafh'd  us  clean. 

Fear  not  ;  he  is  ever  near  ; 
Now,  e'en  now,  he's  with  us  here. 

4  Thus  affembling,  we  by  faith, 

Till  he  come,  fhysw  forth  his  death. 
Of  his  body,  bread's  the  fign  : 
And  we  view  his  blood  in  wine. 


Celebrate  his  dying  love. 
And  let  ev'ry  ranfom'd  foul 
Sound  his  praife  from  pole  to  pole. 


Hymn  69 — long  metre. — The  Go/pel  Ycajl. 

1  TTOVV  rich  are  thy  provifions,  Lord  1 
11  Thy  table  fumifh'd  from  above  ; 

The  fruits  of  life  o'erfpread  the  board, 
The  cup  o'erflows  with  heav'nly  love. 

2  Thine  ancient  family,  the  Jews, 
Were  firft  invited  to  the  feafi: : 

We  humbly  take  what  they  refufe, 
And  Gentiles  thy  falvation  taite. 

3  We  are  the  poor,  the  blind,  the  lame, 
And  help  was  far,  and  death  was  nigh  1 

But,  at  the  gofpel  call,  we  came, 
And  ev'ry  want  receiv'd  fupply. 

4  From  the  high-way  that  leads  to  hell, 
From  paths  of  darkncfs  and  defpair, 

Lord,  we  are  come  with  thee  to  dwell. 
Glad  to  enjoy  thy  prefence  here. 

5  What  (hall  we  pay  th'  eternal  Son, 
That  left  the  heav'n  of  his  abode. 


334  H  Y  SI  N     LXX. 

And  to  this  wretched  earth  came  down, 
To  bring  us  wand'rers  back  to  God  1 

6  It  coft  him  death,  to  fave  our  lives  ; 
To  buy  our  fouls,  it  coil  his  own  ; 

And  all  the  unknown  joys  he  gives, 
Were  bought  with  agonies  unknown. 

7  Our  everlafting  love  is  due 

To  him  that  ranfbm'd  iinners  loft  ; 
And  pity'd  rebels,  when  he  knew 

The  vail  expence  his  love  would  coil. 

8  To  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son, 
And  Gcd  the  Spirit,  Three  in  One, 
Be  honor,  praife,  and  glory  giv'n 

33 y  all  on  earth,  and  all  in  heav'n. 


Hymn  70 — long  metre. 
Not  ajhamed  of  Chrijl  crucified. 

1  AT  thy  command,  our  deareft  Lord, 
i  1  Here  we  attend  thy  dying  feaft  ; 

Thy  blood,  like  wine,  adorns  thy  board, 
And  thine  own  ikih  feeds  ev'ry  guefi. 

2  Our  faith  adores  thy  bleeding  loye. 
And  trulls  for  life  in  one  that  dy'J  j 

We  hope  for  heav'nly  crowns  above, 
From  a  Redeemer  crucify 'd. 

3  Let  the  vain  world  pronounce  its  fhame, 
And  fling  their  fcandals  en  the  caufe  ; 

We  come  to  bpaft  our  Saviour's  name, 
And  make  our  triumphs  in  his  crols. 

4  With  joy  w^%ell  the  fcoflBng  age, 
He  that  was  dead  has  left  his  tomb, 

He  lives  attove  tfceir  uimoft  rage, 
we  are  waiting  till  he  come. 


H  Y  M  N     LXXI.   LXXII.  335 

Hymn  71 — common  metre. — Hofaxna. 

j   QHOUT  and  proclaim  the  Saviour's  love, 
O    Ye  faints  that  taite  his  wine  : 

Join  with  your  kindred  faints  above, 
In  loud  befannas  join. 

a  A  thoufand  glories  to  our  God 

Who  gives  fuch  joy  as  this  ; 
Jrlofanna  .'  let  it  found  abroad, 

And  reach  where  Jefus  is. 

3  To  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghofi, 

The  God,  y/nom  we  adore, 
Be  glory,  as  it  was,  is  now, 

And  mall  be  evermore. 


'  Hymn  72 — common  metre. — Thank/giving. 

1  T  ORD,  at  thy  table  I  behold 

.    The  wonders  of  thy  grace  ; 
But  moft  of  all  admire  that  I 
Should  find  a  welcome  place  : 

2  I  that  am  all  defil'd  with  fin, 
A  rebel  to  my  God  ; 

I  that  have  crucified  his  Son, 
And  trampled  6n  his  blood. 

3  What  ft  range  furprifmg  grace  is  this, 
That  fuch  a  foul  has  room  ! 

My  Saviour  takes  me  by  the  hand, 
My  Jefus  bids  me  come. 

4  Eat,  O  my  friends,  the  Saviour  cries, 
The  feaft  was  made  for  you  : 

For  you  1  groan'd,  and  bled,  and  died, 
And  rofe,  and  triumph'd  too. 

5  With  trembling  faith,  and  bleeding  heart, 
Lcrd  I  accept  thy  love  ; 


336  H  Y  M  N    LXXIIL 

'Tis  a  rich  banquet  I  have  had, 
What  will  it  be  above  ? 

6  Ye  faints  below,  and  hofts  of  heav'n, 
Join  all  your  praifing  powers  : 

No  theme  is  like  redeeming  love, 
No  Saviour  is  like  ours. 

7  Had  I  ten  thoufand  hearts,  dear  Lord, 
I'd  give  them  all  to  thee  : 

Had  I  ten  thoufand  tongues,  they  all 
Should  join  the  harmony. 

S  To  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghoft, 

The  God,  whom  we  adore, 
Be  glory,  as  it  was,  is  now, 

And  ftiall  be  evermore. 


Hymn  73 — ihort  metre. — TJjankfgiving. 

1  ^  LORY  to  God  on  high  ; 

VJT  Our  peace  is  made  with  Heav'n  : 
The  Son  of  God  came  down  to  die, 
That  fin  might  be  forgiv'n. 

2  His  precious  blood  was  fhed, 
His  body  bruis'd,  for  fin  : 

Remember  this  in  eating  bread, 
And  this  in  drinking  wine. 

3  Approach  his  royal  board, 
In  his  rich  garments  clad  : 

Join  ev'ry  tongue  to  praife  the  Lord  ; 
And  ev'ry  heart  be  glad. 

4  The  Father  gives  the  Son  ; 
The  Son  his  flefh  and  blood  : 

The  Spir't  applies,  and  faith  puts  on 
The  righteoufnefs  of  God. 

5  Sinner?,  the  gift  receive  ; 
And  each  fay,  "  I  am  chief : 


HYMN     LXXIV.  3J7 

"  Thou  know'ft,  O  Lord,  I  would  believe  ; 
"  Oh  !  help  my  unbelief." 

6  Lord,  help  us  from  above  : 

The  pow'r  is  all  thy  own  ; 
Faith  is  thy  gift,  and  hope,  and  love  ; 

For  of  ourfelves  we've  none. 


Hymn  74,  to  the  end,  are  on  Mifcellaneous  Subjects, 

Hymn  74 — long  metre. 

The  Seafons  crowned  with  Good?iefs. 

1   "INTERNAL  Source  of  ev'ry  joy  ! 
-i-j  Thy  praife  mall  ev'ry  voice  employ, 
While  in  thy  temple  we  appear 
To  hail  thee  Sov'reign  of  the  year. 

z  Wide  as  the  wheels  of  nature  roll, 

Thy  hand  fupports  and  guides  the  whole  : 
The  fun  is  taught  by  thee  to  rife, 
And  darknefs  when  to  veil  the  fkies. 

3  The  fiow'ry  fpring,  at  thy  command, 
Perfumes  the  air  and  paints  the  land  ; 
The  rummer  rays  with  vigor  mine 
To  raile  the  corn  and  cheer  the  vine. 

&.  Thy  hand,  in  autumn,  richly  pours 
Thro'  all  our  coafts  redundant  ftores  ; 
While  winter's  foften'd  by  thy  care, 
No  face  of  want  or  horror  wear. 

5  Seafons,  and  months,  and  weeks,  and  days 
Demand  fuccefiive  fongs  of  praife  ; 
And  be  the  grateful  homage  paid, 
With  morning  light  and  evening  fhade. 

$  Here  in  thy  houfe  let  incenfe  rife, 
And  circling  Sabbaths  blefs  our  eyes, 
Till  to  thofe  orighter  courts  we  ibar, 
Where  days  and  years  revolve  no  more. 


338  H  Y  M  N     LXXV.     LXXVI. 

Hymn  75 — long  metre. 
Fcr  New  Tear. 

1  /~v  OD  of  our  lives,  thy  conftant  care 

vT   With  bleffmgs  crowns  each  op'ning  year ; 
Our  guilty  lives  thou  doft  prolong, 
And  wake  anew  our  annual  fong. 

2  How  many  precious  fouls  are  fled 
To  the  vaft  regions  of  the  dead, 
Since  from  this  day  the  changing  fun 
Thro'  his  lafl  yearly  period  run  ! 

3  Our  breath  is  thine,  eternal  God  ; 
'Tis  thine  to  fix  our  fouls  abode  ; 
We  hold  our  lives  from  thee  alone, 
On  earth,  or  in  the  world  unknown. 

4  To  thee  our  fpirits  we  refign  ; 

Make  them  and  own  them  ft  ill  as  thine  ; 
So  fhall  thev  fmile,  fecure  from  fear, 
Tho'  death  fliould  blaft  the  rifing  year. 


Hymn  76 — peculiar  metre. 
Prayer  for  Biejfings  on  the  New-Tedr. 

1  T>  LESS,  O  Lord,  the  op'ning  year, 
•O  To  each  foul  affembled  here  : 
Clothe  thy  word  with  pow'r  divine, 
Make  us  willing  to  be  thine. 

2  Let  the  minds  of  all  our  youth 

1  the  force  of  facred  truth  ; 
YV  hile  the  gofpel  call  they  hear, . 
May  they  learn  to  love  and  fear. 

3  Where  thou  haft  thy  work  begun. 
Give  new  ftrcngth  the  race  to  run  ; 
Scatter  darknefs,  doubts  and  fears, 
Wipe  away  the  mourners'  tears. 


H  Y  M  N     LXX7IL     LXXVIII.       339 

4  Blefs  us  all  both  old  and  young  ; 

And  call  forth  praife  from  ev'ry  tongue  : 
Let  the  whole  afiembly  prove 
All  thy  pow'r*  and  all  thy  love. 


Hymn  77 — common  metre. — Chrifonas. 

t     A   WAKE,  awake  the  facred  fong 

J-±-  To  our  incarnate  Lord  ; 
Let  ev'ry  heart  and  ev'ry  tongue 

Adore  th'  eternal  Word. 

2  Sinners  awake,  with  angels  join, 
And  chant  the  fclemn  lav  ; 

Joy,  love,  and  gratitude  combine, 
To  hail  th'  auspicious  day. 

3  Then  (hone  almighty  pow'r  and  love, 
I    In  all  their  glorious  forms  ; 

YHien  Jefus  left  his  throne  above 
To  dwell  with  finfiil  worms. 

4  Adoring  angels  tun'd  their  fbngs 
To  hail  the  joyful  day  ; 

With  rapture  then,  let  mortal  tongues 
Their  grateful  worlhip  pay. 

I,  Prince  of  life,  for  ever  hail  ! 
Redeemer,  brother,  friend  ! 
The'  earth,  and  time,  and  life  mould  fail, 
Thy  praile  3hall  never  end. 

Hymn  7  J — peculiar  metre, 
'The  Song  cf  Angeh. 

1   TTARK,  the  herald  angels  fing, 
JL  jL.  "  Glory  to  the  new-born  King  ; 
"  Peace  en  earth,  and  mercy  mild, 
"  Ged  and  miners  recoBGil'-d." 

■2  joyful  all  .3  rife, 

J   -  - ::'  i 


34o  HYMN     LXXIX. 

Hail  the  heaven-born  Prince  of  peace 
Hail  the  Son  of  righteouihefs  ! 

3  Come,  defire  of  nations,  come, 
Fix  in  us  thy  humble  home  ; 
Come  ;  the  woman's  promis'd  feed, 
Bruife  in  us  the  ferpent's  head. 

4  Glory  to  the  new-born  King  I 
Let  us  all  the  anthem  fing, 

"  Peace  on  earth,  and  mercy  mild, 
*'  God  and  tinners  reconciled  1" 


Hym?i  79 — peculiar  metre. 
Refur region  of  Chryl. 

1    /CHRIST,  the  Lord,  is  ris'n  to-day, 
K^*   Sons  of  men  and  angels  fay  ; 

Raife  your  joys  and  triumphs  high, 
Sing,  ye  heav'ns,  and  earth  reply. 

a  Love's  redeeming  work,  is  done, 
Fought  the  fight,  the  battle  wou: 
Lo  1   the  fun's  echpfe  is  o'er, 
Lo  !  he  lets  in  blood  no  more. 

3  Vain  the  ftone,  the  watch,  the  feal, 
Chrift  hath  burft  the  gates  of  hell : 
Death  in  vain  forbids  his  rife, 
drift  hath  open'd  Paradife. 

4  Lives  again  our  glorious  King  ! 

"  Where,  O  death,  is  now  thy  fting  ?" 

Once  he  dy'd  our  fouls  to  fave  ; 

"  Where's  thy  vicl'ry,  boafting  grave  ? 

5  Hail  the  Lord  of  earth  and  heav'n  I. 
Praife  to  thee  by  both  be  giv'n  ! 
Thee  we  greet  triumphant  now, 
Hail  1  the  RESURRECTION — thou. 


H  Y  M  N     LXXX.    LXXXI 

Hymn  So — particular  metre. 
77; e  Afcenfion  and  Kingdom  of  Chriji, 

i  TJ  EJOICE,  the  Lord  is  King, 
JLV  Th'  afcended  King  adore  ; 

Mortals,  give  thanks,  and  ring 
And  triumph  evermore  ! 

Lift  up  the  heart,  lift  up  the  voice, 

R.ejoice  aloud,  ye  faints,  rejoice. 

2  Rejoice  the  Saviour  reigns, 
The  God  of  truth  and  love  ; 

When  he  had  purg'd  our  ftains, 

He  took  his  feat  above  : 
Lift  up  the  heart,  lift  up  the  voice, 
Rejoice  aloud,  ye  faints,  rejoice, 

3  His  kingdom  cannot  fail, 

He  rules  o'er  earth  and  heav'n  ; 
The  keys  of  death  and  hell 

Are  to  our  Jefus  given  : 
Lift  up  the  heart,  lift  up  the  voice, 
Rejoice  aloud,  ye  faints,  rejoice. 

4  Rejoice  in  glorious  hope, 
Jefus  the  Judge  fhall  come, 

And  take  his  fervaffts  up 
To  their  eternal  home  : 
We  loon  fhall  hear  th'  archangel's  voice, 
The  trump  cf  God  fhall  found,  rejoice. 


Hymn  8i — peculiar  metre. — Whitfimdaya 

i  "TTTHEN  the  bleft  day  cf  pentecoft 
VV     Was  fully  come,  the  Holy  Ghoft 

Defc ended  from  above  ; 
Sent  by  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
(The  Sender  and  the  Sent  are  one) 

The  Lord  of  life,  and  1c ' 


24*  HYMN     LXXXI. 

a  But  were  thefe  flrft  difciples  bleft 
With  heav'nly  gifts  ?  And  ihall  the  reft 

Be  pafs'd  unheeded  by  ? 
What  ?  Has  the  Holy  Ghoft  forgot 
To  quicken  fouls  that  Chrift  has  bought  ; 

And  let's  them  lifelefs  lie  I 

3  No,  thou  almighty  Paraclete  ! 

Thou  fhedd'ff.  thy  heav'nly  influence  yet ; 

Thou  vifit'ft  finners  ftill  : 
Thy  breath  of  life,  thy  quick'ning  flame, 
Thy  pow'r,  thy  godhead,  ftill  the  fame, 


Part  2 — common  metre. 

4  Blefs'd  God,  that  once  in  fiery  tongues 
Cam'ft  down  in  opon  view, 

Come  vifit  ev'ry  heart  that  longs 
To  entertain  thee  too. 

5  And  tho'  not  like  a  mighty  wind, 
Nor  with  a  ruffling  noife  ; 

May  we  thy  calmer  comforts  find, 
And  hear  thy  ftill  i'mall  voice. 

6  Not  for  the  gift  of  tongues  we  pray  ; 
Nor  pow'r  the  fick  to  heal  : 

Give  wifdom  to  diredt  our  way  ; 
And  ftrength  to  do  thy  will. 

7  We  pray  to  be  renew'd  within, 
And  reconcil'd  to  God  ; 

To  have  our  confcience  wafh'd  from  fin 
In  the  Redeemer's  blood. 

S  We  pray  to  have  our  faith  increas'd  ; 

And,  O  celeftial  Dove  ! 
We  pray  to  be  completely  bleft 

With  that  rich  bleffing,  love. 


HYMN     LXXXII.     LXXXIII.      343 

Hymn  82 — long  metre. 
On  afajl  Day  for  the  revival  of  Religion. 

1  TNDULGENT  Sovereign  of  the  Ikies, 

i-  And  wilt  thou  bow  thy  gracious  ear  !    . 
While  feeble  mortals  raife  their  cries, 
Wilt  thou,  the  great  Jehovah,  hear  ? 

2  How  mail  thy  fervants  give  thee  reft, 
Till  Zicn's  mould'ring  walls  thou  raife  ? 

Till  thy  own  pow'r  fhall  ftand  confefs'd, 
,    And  make  Jcrufalem  a  praife  ? 

3  Look  down,  O  God,  with  pitying  eye  ; 
Revive  thy  work  with  pow'r  around ; 

Se«  what  wide  realms  in  darknefs  lie, 
And  hurt  their  idols  to  the  ground. 

4  Loud  let  the  gofpel-trumpet  blow, 
And  call  the  nations  from  afar  ; 

Let  all  the  ifies  their  Saviour  know,  - 

And  earth's  remoteft  ends  draw  near. 

5  On  all  our  fouls  let  grace  defcend, 
Like  heav'nly  dew  in  copious  fhow'rs, 

That  we  may  call  our  God  our  friend, 
That  we  may  hail  falvation  ours. 

6  Then  fhall  each  age  and  rank  agree 
United  fhouts  of  joy  to  raife  : 

And  Zion,  made  a  praife  by  thee, 
To  thee  fhall  render  back  the  praife. 


Hymn  83 — long  metre. 

For  a  public  Fajl  in  War. 

i  VTTHILE  o'er  our  guilty  land,  O  Lord, 

V  V     We  view  the  terrors  of  the  fword  : 
Oh  !  whither  fhall  the  helplefs  fly  ? 
To  whom  but  thee  direct  their  cry  > 


544  H  Y  M  N     LXXXIV. 

2  The  helplefs  finner's  cries  and  tears 
Are  grown  familiar  to  thine  ears  ; 
Oft  has  thy  mercy  fent  relief, 
When  ail  was  fear  and  hopelefs  grief. 

3  On  thee,  our  guardian  God,  we  call, 
Before  thy  throne  of  grace  we  fall  ; 
And  is  there  no  deliv'rance  there  ? 
And  muft  we  periih  in  defpair  ? 

4  See,  we  repent,  we  weep,  we  mourn, 
To  ourforiaken  God  we  turn  ; 

O  fpare  our  guilty  country,  fpara 

The  church  which  thou  haft  planted  here. 

5  We  plead  thy  grace,  indulgent  God  : 
We  plead  thy  Son's  atoning  blood  j 
We  plead  thy  gracious  promifes, 
And  are  they  unvaiiing  pleas  ? 

6  Thefe  pleas,  prefented  at  thy  throne, 
Have  brought  ten  thoufand  blefiings  down 
On  guilty  lands  in  helplefs  woe  ; 

Let  them  prevail  to  fave  us  too. 


Hymn  84 — common  metre. 
Thankf giving  for  Victory. 

1  HPO  thee,  who  reign'ft  fupreme  above, 

JL      .And  reign 'ft  fupreme  below, 
Thou  God  of  wiidom,  pow'r  and  love, 
We  our  fucceffes  owe. 

2  The  thundering  horfe,  the  martial  band 
Without  thine  aid  were  vain  ; 

And  vicVry  flies  at  thy  command 
To  crown  the  bright  campaign. 

3  Thy  mighty  arm,  unfeen,  was  night 

When  v.  c  our  foes  affaii'd  ? 


H  Y  M  N     LXXXV.  34 s 

'Tis  thou  haft  rais'd  our  honors  high, 
And  o'er  their .hofts  prevail'd. 

4  Their  mounds,  their  camps,  their  lofty  tower;: 
Into  our  hands  are  giv'n,. 

Not  from  defert  or  ftrejigth  of  ours, 
But  thro'  the  grace  of  Heav'n. 

5  The  Lord  of  hofts,  our  helper  lives  3 
His  name  be  ever  bleft  ; 

'Tis  his  own  arm  the  vidt'ry  gives  ; 
He  grants  his  people  reft. 


Hymn  85 — long  metre. 
Thankf giving  for  national  Peace, 

1  /^REAT  Ruler  of  the  earth  and  fid^ , 
VJ"    A  word  of  thine  almighty  breath, 

Can  link  the  world,  or  bid  it  rife  ; 
Thy  fmile  is  life,  thy  frown  is  death, 

2  When  angry  nations  rufh  to  arms, 
And  rage,  and  noife,  and  tumult  reigns, 

And  war  refounds  its  dire  alarms, 

And  flaughter  fpreads  the  hoftile  plains  ; 

3  Thy  fovereign  eye  looks  calmly  down, 

And  marks  their  courfe  and  bounds  their  pow'r  j 
Thy  word  the  angry  nations  own, 

And  noife  and  war  are  heard  no  more. 

4  Thou  good,  and  wife  and  righteous  Lord, 
All  move  iubfervient  to  thy  will  ; 

And  peace  and  war  await  thy  word, 
And,  thy  fublime  decrees  fulfil, 

5  To  thee  we  pay  our  grateful  fongs. 
Thy  kind  protection  ftill  implore  ; 

O  may  our  hearts,  and  lives,  and  tongues 
Confeis  thy  goodneis  and  adore, 


346    HYMN     LXXXVI.    LXXXVII. 

Hymn  36 — common  metre. 
Complaint  and  Hope  in  Sicknefs, 

i   T    ORD,  I  am  pain'd  ;  but  I  refign 

JLi     My  body  to  thy  will ; 
'Tis  grace,  'tis  wifdom  all  divine, 

Appoints  the  pains  I  feel. 

2  I  own  thy  providence,  my  God, 
In  ev'ry  chaftening  ftroke  ; 

But  while  I  fmart  beneath  thy  rod, 
Thy  prefence  I  invoke. 

3  Is  not  fome  bleffed  hour  at  hand 
With  health  upon  its  wings  ? 

Give  it,  O  God,  thy  fwift  command, 
With  all  the  joys  it  brings. 

4  To  thee,  my  Saviour  and  my  Lord, 
I  now  myfelf  refign  ; 

In  life  and  death,  I  truft  thy  word, 
I  am  for  ever  thine. 


Hymn  87 — Ihort  metre. 
cubmijjion  under  Affliction. 

2   T^vOST  thou  my  profit  feck, 
!LJ   And  chaften  as  a  friend  ? 

O  God,  I'll  kifs  the  fmarting  rod  ; 
There's  hope  yet  in  my  end. 

2  Doft  thou  thro*  death's  dark  vale 
Conducl  to  heav'n  at  laft  ? 

The  future  good  will  make  amends 
For  all  the  evil  pait. 

3  Lord,  I  would  not  repine 
At  Itrokes  in  mercy  lent  : 

If  the  chaftifement  comes  in  love, 
My  foul  ihaii  be  content. 


HYMN     LXXXVIII.    LXXXIX.     347 

Hymn  88 — long  metre. 

Praife  for  Recovery  from  Sichiefs. 

1     A    WHILE  remain'd  the  doubtful  ftrife, 
JLA.  Till  Jesus  gave  me  back  my  life  j 
Mv  life — my  foul,  recai  the  word, 
'Tis  life  to  fee  thy  gracious  Lord. 

a  Why  inconvenient  now  to  die  ? 
Vile  unbelief,  O  tell  me  why  ? 
When-cvci  it  inconvenient  be, 
My  loving  Lord,  to  come  to  thee  ? 

3  He  faw  me  made  the  fport  of  hell, 
He  knew  the  tempter's  malice  well  j 
And  when  my  foul  had  all  to  fear, 
Then  did  the  glorious  fun  appear  1 

4  O  blefs  him  ! — blefs,  ye  dying  faints, 
The  God  of  grace,  when  nature  faints  \ 
He  fhew'd  my  fiefh  the  gaping  grave, 
To  fhew  me,  he  had  power  to  fave. 


Hymn  8p — common  metre. — Morning  Hymn, 

1  /^\NCE  more,  my  foul,  the  rifing  day 
\J  Salutes  thy  waking  eyes  ; 

Once  more,  my  voice  thy  tribute  pay 
To  him  that  rolls  the  Ikies. 

2  Night  unto  night  his  name  repeats, 
The  day  renews  the  found, 

Wide  as  the  heav'n  on  which  he  fits, 
To,  turn  the  feafons  round. 

3  'Tis  he  fupports  my  mortal  frame, 
My  tongue  (hall  ipeak  his  praife  ; 

My  fins  would  rouze  his  wrath  to  flaftne,  ff. 
And  vet  his  wrath  delavs. 


348  KYMN     XC.     XCI. 

4  A  thoufand  wretched  fouls  are  fled 
Since  the  laft  fetting  fun, 

And  yet  thou  length'neft  out  my  thread, 
And  yet  my  moments  run. 

5  Dear  God,  let  all  my  hours  be  thine, 
Whilft  I  enjoy  the  light  : 

Then  mail  my  foul  in  fmiles  decline, 
And  bring  a  pleafant  night. 

* 1 — 

Hymn  90 — common  metre. — Evening  ffymtu 

1  T    ORD,  thou  wilt  hear  me  when  I  pray  ; 
.Li   I  am  for  ever  thine  ; 

1  fear  before  thee  all  the  day, 
Nor  would  I  dare  to  fm. 

2  And  while  I  reft  my  weary  head, 
From  cares  and  bufmcfs  free, 

'Tis  fweet  converting  on  my  bed, 
With  my  own  |ieart  and  thee. 

3  I  pay  this  evening  facrifice  ; 
And  when  my  work  is  done, 

Great  God,  my  faith  and  hope  relies 
Upon  thy  grace  alone. 

4  Thus  with  my  thoughts  composed  to  peace, 
I'll  give  mine  eyes  to  fteep  : 

Thy  hand  in  fafety  keeps  my  days, 

And  will  ray  ilumbers  keep. 


Hymn  91 — fliort  metre. 

Lord's  Day.  Morning. 

1  TX7ELC0ME  fweet  day  of  reft, 

VV     That  faw  the  Lord'ariie  ; 
Welcome  to  this  reviving  breaft, 
And  theie  rejoicing  eyes  '.. 


HYMN     XC1T.  XCIII.  349 

2  The  King  himfelf  comes  near, 
And  feafcs  his  faints  to-day  ; 

There  we  may  fet,  and  fee  him  there, 
And  love,  and  praife,  and  pray. 

3  One  day  amidft  the  place 
Where  my  great  God  hath  been, 

Is  fweeter  than  ten  thouiand  days 
Of  pleafurable  fin. 

Hymn  92 — common  metre.  ^ 

Lord's  Day  Evening. 

1  THREQUENT  the  day  of  God  returns 
Jl    To  ihed  its  quick'ning  beams ; 

And  yet  how  flow  devotion  burns  I 
How  languid  are  its  flames  ! 

2  Accept  our  faint  attempts  to  love, 
Our  frailties,  Lord,  forgive  ; 

We  would  be  like  thy  faints  above, 
And  praife  thee  while  we  live. 

3  lucre afe,  O  Lord,  our  faith  and  hope, 
And  fit  us  to  afcend, 

Where  the  aflembly  ne'er  breaks  up, 
The  Sabbath  ne'er  mall  end. 

Hymn  93 — long  metre. — DifmiJJlon. 

1   TT\  IS  MISS  us  with  thy  bleffing  Lord, 
JlJ    Help  us  to  feed  upon  thy  word, 
Ail  that  has  been  amifs  forgive, 
And  let  thy  truth  within  us  live. 

a  Tho'  we  are  guilty  thou  art  good, 
Wafh.  all  our  works  in  Jefus'  blood  j 
Give.ev'ry  fetter' d  foul  releafc, 
And  bi4  us  all  depart  in  peace. 

u 


3So      HYMN     XCIV.   XCV.   XCVI. 

Hymn  94 — long  metre. 
The  Spread  of  the    Go/pel, 
'0  diftant  lands  thy  gofpel  fend, 


T 


And  thus  .hy  empire  wide  extend  : 
To  Gentile,  Savage,  Turk,  and  Jew, 
Thou  King  of  grace  1  falvation  fhew. 

Where'er  thy  fun,  or  light  arife, 
Thy  name,  O  God  I  immortalize  : 
May  nations  yet  unborn  confefs, 
Thy  wifdom,  pow'r,  and  righteoufnefs. 


Hymn  95 — common  metre. 
Song  of  Mofes  and  the  Lamb. 

1  "\T7"E  fmg  the  glories  of  thy  love, 

W       We  found  thy  dreadful  name; 
The  Chriftian  church  unites  the  fongs 
Of  Mofes,  and  the  Lamb. 

2  Great  Gc d,hcw  wend'rous  are  thy  works 
Of  vengej  nee,  and  of  grace  1 

Thou  King  of  faints,  Almighty  Lord, 
Plow  juit  and  true  thy  ways  ! 

3  Who  dares  refufe  to  fear  thy  name, 
Or  worfhip  at  thy  throne  ! 

Thy  judgments  fpeak  thine  holinefs 
Thro'  all  the  nations  known. 

Hymn  96 — common  metre. 
Song  of  Zacharias, 

1  "KJOW  be  the  God  of  Ifraei  blefs'd 
1/N      Who  makes  his  truth  appear  ; 

His  mighty  hand  fulfils  his  word, 
And  all  the  oaths  he  fware . 

a  Now  he  bedews  king  David's  root 
With  bleflfcigs  from  the  fkies  j 


HYMN     XCVII.     XCVIII.        351 

He  makes  the  Branch  of  promife  grow, 
The  promis'd  Horn  arife. 

3  "  Be  eV'ry  vale  exalted  high, 
"  Sink  ev'ry  mountain  low  : 

"  The  proud  muft  ftoop,  and  humble  fouls 
"  Shall  his  falvation  know. 

4  "  The  heathen  realm  with  Xfrael's  land 
"  Shall  join  in  fweet  accord  ; 

"  And  thofe  that  fit  in  darknefs  fee 
"  The  glory  of  the  Lord." 


Hymn  97 — long  metre. 
Song  of  Mary. 

1  ipvUR  fouls  ihall  magnify  the  Lord, 
\J     In  God  the  Saviour  we  rejoice  ; 

While  we  repeat  the  Virgin's  fong, 
May  the  fame  fpirit  tune  our  voice. 

%  Let  ev'ry  nation  call  her  blefs'd,- 
And  endlefs  years  .prolong  her  fame  ; 

But  God  alone  mufrJjbe  ador'd  ; 
Holy  and  rev'rend\is  his  name. 

3  He  fpake  to  Abr'an\and  his  feed, 
hi  thee  ft  all  all  the  earth  he  blefs'd  : 

The  mem'ry  of  that  ancient  word 
Lay  long  in  his  eternal  breaft. 

4  But  now  no  more  (hall  Ifr'el  wait, 
No  more  the  Gentiles  lie  forlorn  ; 

Lo,  the  defire  of  nations  comes ; 
Behold  the  promis'd  feed  is  born  ! 


Hymn  98 — common  metre. 
Song  of  Simeo?i. 

LORD,  let  thy  fervant  now  depart 
Into  thy  promis'd  reft  ; 


353  HYMN     XCIX. 

Since  my  expecting  eyes  have  been 
With  thy  ialvation  blefs'd  ; 

a  Which  till  this  time  thy  favor'd  faints 

And  prophets  only  knew, 
Long  fmce  prepar'd,  but  now  fet  forth 

In  all  the  people's  view. 

3  A  light  to  fhew  the  heathen  world 
The  way  of  faving  grace, 

Alfo  the  light  and  glory  both 
Of  Ifrael's  chofen  race. 

4  To  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Gho3, 
The  God  whom  we  adore, 

Be  glory,  as  it  was,  is  new, 
And  fhall  be  ever  more. 


Hymn  99 — particular  metre. 

A  Pro/pea  of  Eternity, 

1   T    O  !  on  a  narrow  neck  of  land, 

-L»  'Twixt  two  unbounded  feas  I  ftand, 
Yet  how  infeniible  ! 
A  point  of  time,  a  moment's  fpace, 
Eemoves  me  to  yon  heav'niy  place, 
Or — fhuts  me  up  in  hell  ! 

1  O  God,  my  inmoft  foul  convert, 
And  deeply  on  my  thoughtful  heart 

Eternal  things  imprefs  ; 
Give  me  to  feel  their  folemn  weight, 
And  fave  me  ere  it  be  too  late, 

Wake  me  to  righteoumefs. 

3  Before  me  place,  in  bright  array, 
The  pomp  of  that  tremendous  day, 

When  thou  with  clouds  (halt  come 
To  judge  the  nations  at  thy  bar  : 


H  Y  M  N     C.  353 

And  tell  me,  Lord,  fhall  I  be  there 
To  meet  a  joyful  doom  : 

4  Be  this  my  one  great  bus'nefs  here, 
With  holy  trembling,  holy  fear, 

To  make  my  calling  fure  ! 
Thine  utmoft  counfel  to  fulfil, 
And  fuffer  all  thy  righteous  will, 

And  to  the  end  endure  I 

5  Then,  Saviour,  then  my  foul  receive, 
Transported  from  this  vale,  to  live 

And  reign  with  thee  above  ; 
Where  faith  is  fweetly-loft  in  fight, 
And  hope,  in  full  fupreme  delight 

And  everlafting  love. 


Hymn  ioo — long  metre. 

A  Covenant  God, 

i  TN  thee,  O  God,  we  put  our  truft, 

JL  Thy  hands  have  form'd  us  from  the  duft  ; 
Thou  haft  preferv'd  us  to  this  hour, 
The  monuments  of  grace  and  pow'r. 

z  Thou  art  our  God,  our  cov'nant  God, 
By  oath  and  promife  feal'd  with  blood  ; 
Through  faith  in  Chrift  we  make  this  claim 
And  call  thee  by  that  bleffed  name. 

3  The  world  and  flefhly  lufts  combine, 
Our  faith  and  hope  to  undermine  ; 
While  fatan  joins  his  favage  pow'r 
Our  fouls  to  frighten  or  devour. 

4  Too  weak  in  our  own  ftrength  to  fland, 
We  feek  protection  from  thy  hand  ; 
Their  dread  affaults  and  rage  controul, 
And  in  thefe  conflicts  fave  our  foul. 

Ua 


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DOXOLOGIES. 


5  Encourag'd  by  thine  oath  and  word, 
We  dare  rely  upon  the  Lord  ; 
Grace  (hall  prevail  againft  the  foe. 
And  God  will  bring  us  fafely  through. 


DOXOLOGIES, 

i — common  metre. 

i   (~^  LORY  to  God  the  Father's  name, 
v_T  Who  from  our  finful  race, 

Chofe  out  his  people  to  proclaim 
The  honors  of  his  grace. 

3  Glory  to  God  the  Son  be  paid, 

Who  dwelt  in  humble  clay, 
And,  to  redeem  us  from  the  dezd, 

Gave  his  own  life  away. 

3  Glory  to  God  the  Spirit  give, 
From  whofe  almighty  pow'r 

Our  fouls  their  heav'nly  birth  derive, 
And  blefs  the  happy  hour. 

4  Glory  to  God  that  reigns  above, 
Th'  eternal  Three  in  One, 

Who,  by  the  wonders  of  his  love, 
Has  made  his  nature  know::. 


2 — long  metre. 

TO  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son. 
And  God  the  Spirit,  Three  in  one, 
Be  honor,  praife  and  glory  giv'n, 
By  all  on  earth,  and  all  in  heav'n. 


3 — common  metre. 

>T<0  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghoft, 
■*■    The  God,  whem  we  adore, 
Be  glory,  as  it  was,  is  now, 
And  mall  be  evermore . 


DOXOLOGIES.  355 

4 — common  metre. 

TO  praife  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
And  Spirit  all  divine, 
The  One  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One, 
Let  faints  and  angels  join. 


5 — (hort  metre. 

GIVE  to  the  Father  praife, 
Give  glory  to  the  Son, 
And  to  the  Spirit  of  his  grace 
Ee  equal  honor  done. 


6 — peculiar  metre. 

TO  God  the  Father's  throne 
Perpetual  honors  raife, 
Glory  to  God  the  Son, 
To  God  the  Spirit  praife  : 
With  all  our  pow'rs, 
Eternal  King, 
Thy  name  we  fmg, 
While  faith  adores, 


Toe  End  of  the  Hymns  and  Loxologies* 


THE 

HE1DELBERGH  CATECHISM. 

*************** 

Ift     LORD'/     DAY. 

Q   i.  "IT  7  HAT  is  thy  only  comfort  in  life  and 
W       death  ? 

A.  That  I  with  a  body  and  foul,  both  in  life 
and  death  &  am  not  my  own,  but  belong  c  unto 
my  faithful  Saviour  Jefus  Chrift,  who  with  his 
precious  d  blood  hath  fully  e  fatisfied  for  all  my 
fins,  and  delivered  f  me  from  all  the  power  of  the 
devil  ;  and  fo  preferves  me,?  that  without  the  will 
of  my  heavenly  Father,  not  a  hair  h  can  fall  from 
my  head  ;  yea  that  all  things  muft  be  i  fubfervi- 
ent  to  my  ialvation,  and  therefore,  by  his  Holy 
Spirit,  he  alfo  affures  me  &  of  eternal  life,  and 
makes  1  me  fincerely  willing  and  ready,  hence- 
forth, to  live  unto  him. 

a  i  Cor.  vi,  19,  20.  b  Rom.  xiv,  7,  8,  9,  c  l 
Cor.  iii,  23.  d  1  Pet.  1,  18,  19.  e  1  John  i,  7.  f  I 
John  iii,  8.  Heb.  ii,  14,  ij.  g  John  vi,  39,  and  x, 
28,  29.  h  Luke  xxi,  18.  Mat.  x,  30.  i  Rom-  viii, 
28.  k  2  Cor.  i,  22.  and  v,  y.  1  Rom.  viii,  14,  and 
vii,  22. 

Q^  2.  Ho<w  many  things  are  necejfary  for  thee  to 
k/ionv,  that  thou,  enjoying  this  comfort,  mayejl  live 
and  die  happily  .s 

A.  Three  :  m  The  firft,  how  great  n  my  fins 
and  miferies  are  :  The  fecond,  how  I  may  be  de- 
livered °  from  all  my  fins  and  miferies.  The 
third  how  1  mail  exprefs  my  gratitude  p  to  God 
for  fuch  deliverance. 

m  Luke  xxiv.  47  1  Cor.  vi,  fo,  11.  n  John  ix> 
41.  Horn.  iii,  10,  19.  o  John  xvii,  3.  p  Eph.  v, 
£>  9,  10. 


35^       Of  the  Mifery.  of  Man. 

THE  FIRST  PART. 

Of  the  Mifery  of  Man. 
lid    LORD'/    DAY. 

Q^  3.   Whence  k?iowefl  thou  thy  mifery  ? 
A.  Out  of  the  law  of  God.     Rom.  iii,  20. 
Q^  4.  What  doth  the  law  of  God  require  of  us  P 
A.  Chrift  teacheth  us  that,  briefly   Mat.   xxii, 
37 — 40.  "  Thou  fhalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with 
"  all  thy  heart,  with  all  thy  foul,  with  all  thy 
"  mind,  and  with  all  thy  ftrength.    This  is  the 
"  firft  and  the  great  command,  and  the  fecond  is 
"  like  to  this,  Thou  fhalt  love  thy  neighbor  as 
"  thyfelf.  On  thefe  two  commands  hang  the  whole 
"  Law  and  the  prophets."         q  Luke  x,  2  7 . 
Q.   5.   Canfi  thou  keep  all  thefe  things  perfectly  ,s 
A.  In  no  wife  ;   for  1  am  prone  by  nature   to 
hate  God  and  my  neighbor.* 
rRorn.  iii,  10.  1  John  i,  8.  s  Rom.  via,  7.  Tit.  iii,  3. 

Hid    LORD';    DAY. 

Ch  6.  Bid  God  then  create  man  fo  wicked  and 
perverfe  ? 

A>  By  no  means  :  but  God  created  man  good,c 
and  after  his  own  image,  in  u  righteoufnefs  and 
true  holinefs,  that  he  might  rightly  know  God  his 
Creator,  heartily  love  him,  and  live  with  him  in 
eternal  happineis,  to  glorify  and  praife  him.v 

t  Gen.  i,  31.  uGen  i,  26,  27.  Col.  iii,  10.  Eph. 
iv,  24.  v.  Eph.  i,  6.  1  Cor.  vi,  20. 

Q^  7.  Whence  then  proceeds  this  depravity  of  hu- 
man nature  ? 

A.  From  the  fall  and  difobedience  of  our  firft 
parents,  Adam  and  Eve,  xin  Paradife  :  here  our 
nature  is  become  fo  corrupt,  that  we  are  all  con- 
ceived and  born  in  fin.y 
x  Gen.  iii,  6.  Ro.  v,  12,  18,  19.  y  Pf.  li,  $.  Gen.  v,  3. 

Q^  8.  Are  we  then  fo  corrupt  that  we  are  wholly 


Of  the  Mifery  of  Man,        359 

incapable  of  dtring  any  good,  and  inclined  to  all  ivick- 
ednefs  .s 

A.  Indeed  we  are  ;*  except  we  are  regenera- 
ted by  the  Spirit  of  God.a 

z  Gen.  vi,  5.  Job  xiv,  4.  and  xv,  14,  16.  a  John 
iii,  y.  Eph.  ii,  5. 

IVth    LORD'/    DAY. 

Q.  9.  Doth  not  God  then  do  injujlice  to  man,  by  re- 
quiring from  him  in  his  law,  that  which  he  cannot  per- 
form ? 

A.  Not  at  all  :  b  For  God  made  man  capable 
r  of  performing  it  :  But  man  by  the  inftigation  ~d 
of  the  devil,  and  his  own  wilful  disobedience, 
e  deprived  himfelf  and  all  his  pofterity  of  thofe 
divine  gifts. 

b  Eccl.  vii,  29.  c  Eph.iv,  24.  Col.iii,  10.  d  Gen. 
iii,  4,  7.    e  Rom,  v,  12. 

Q^  10.  Will  Godfufferfuch  dif obedience  and  rebel- 
lion to  go  zmpuni/bed  P 

A.  By  no  means  :  t  But  is  terribly  difpleafed 
s  with  our  original  as  well  as  actual  fins  ;  and  will 
puniih  them  in  his  juft  judgment,  temporally  and 
eternally,  as  he  hath  declared,  h  "  Curfed  is  eve- 
ry one  that  continueth  not  in  all  things  which  are 
written  in  the  book  of  the  law  to  do  them." 

f  Pf.  v,  5.  Rom.  i,  18.  g  Dent,  xxviii,  ]  y.  Heb.  ix, 
27.     h  Deuc.  xxvii,  26.  Gal.  iii,  10. 

CK  II.  .Is  not  God  then  alfo  merciful  ? 

A.  God  is  indeed  merciful,  but  alfo  juft  ;  *= 
therefore  his  juftice  requires,  •that  fin,  which  is 
committed  againft  the  moil  high  Majefty  of  God, 
be  alfo  punillied  with  extreme,  that  is  with  ever- 
lalling  m  puniihment,  both  of  body  and  foul. 

i  Exod.  xxxiv,  6.  k  Exod.  xx,  5".  Job  xxxiv,  ID, 
11.    i  Pf.  v,  5.    m  Gen.  ii7  17.  Rom.  vi,  23. 


360        Of  Man's  Deliverance, 

THE    SECOND    PART. 

Of  Mans  Deliverance. 
Vth     L  0  R  D  's    DAY. 

Q.  12.  Since  then,  by  the  righteous  judgment  of 
God,  we  deferve  temporal  and  eternal  punifbment,  is 
there  no  way  by  which  ive  may  efcape  that  punifjjment, 
and  be  again  received  into  favor  ? 

A,  God  will  have  his  juftice  n  fatisfied  ;  and 
therefore  we  muft  make  this  full  °  iatisfaition, 
either  by  ourielves  or  by  another. 

n  Exod.  xx,  j.     o  Rom.  viii,  3.     2  Cor.  v,  14,  if. 

Q^  13.  Can  ive  ourf elves  then  make  this  fat  is - 
fadion  .8 

A.  By  no  means  :  p  but  on  the  contrary  we  q 
daily  increafe  our  debt. 

p  Tobix,  2,  3.  6c  xv,  14,  iy,  16.  q  Mat.  vi,  12. 
'If.  lxiv,  &. 

Q.  14.  t!an  there  then  be  found  any  where,  one  <wb? 
■is  a  mere  creature,  able  to  fatisfy  for  us  ? 

A.  None  ;  for,  firft,  God  will  not  r  punifh  any 
other  creature  for  the  fin  which  man  hath  commit- 
ted ;  and  further,  no  mere  creature  can  fuftain  the 
burden  of  God's  eternal  wrath  againft  fin,  fo  as  to 
*  deliver  others  from  it, 

r  Heb.  ii,  14,  18.    s  Pf.  exxx,  3.  and  xlix,  8.  p. 

Q^  15.  W hat  fort  of  a  mediator  and  deliverer  then 
muji  we  feek  for  ? 

A.  For  one  who  is  very  man,  r  and  perfectly 
righteous  ;  and  yet  more  powerful  than  all  crea- 
tures ;  that  is,  one  who  is  alfo  very  u  God. 

c  l  Cor.  xv,  21.  Rom.  viii,  3.  u  Rom.  ix,  f. 
If.  7.  14. 


Vlth    LORD'/    DAY. 

Q^  16.  Why  mufl  he  be  very  man,  and  alfo  per- 
fectly righteous  ? 

A.  Becaufe  the  juilice  of  God,  requires  that 
the    fame   human  nature,    which   hath    finned, 


Of  Man's  Deliverance.         j&i 

fhould  a  lilcewife  make  fatisfacKon  for  fin  ;   and 
one   who  is  hinafeif  a  (inner  v  cannot  fatisfy  for 

others. 
u  Rom.  v,  12,  I),    v  I  Pec.  iii,  18.  Ifa.  li'.i,  n. 

Q.  i  7.  Why  rnujl  he,  in  one  per/on,  be  dlfo  very 
God? 

A.  That  he  might  by  the  power  of  his  god- 
head xfuftain  in  his  human  nature,  the  burthen 
of  God's  wrath  ;  and  might  y  obtain  for,  and  re- 
ftore  to  us,  righteoufnefs  and  life. 

x  1  Peter  iii,  18.  Ads  ii,  24.  Ifa.  liii,  %.  y  1  John 
i,  2.  Jer.  xxiii,  6.     2  Tim.  i,  10.  John  vi,  ji. 

CK  18.  TVbo  then  is  that  Mediator,  <wbo  ;'-  ' :  one 
per/on  bith  "very  God,  and  a  real  righteous  m.  ■;  ? 

A.  Oar  LORD   JESUS  CH«tiST^       10  *!    .  ' 
li  God  is  made  z  un::o  us  wifdom  and     . 
*  nefs,  and  faiiiliacation  and  redemption." 

y  Ma:,  i,  23     1  Tim.  iii,  16.  Luke  ii,  2.   z  1  C&ti 
thians  i,  30. 

Q^  19.   Whence  kno'ujejl  thou  this  ? 

A.  From  the  holy  golpel,  which  Gcd  hinifelf 
revealed  firft  in  Paradife  ;  a  and  afterwards  pub- 
liilied  by  the  patriarchs  b  and  prophet*,  and  was 
pieifed  to  reprefent  it,  by  the  fhadows  c  offacfi- 
fices  and  the  other  ceremonies  of  the  law  ;  and 
laftly,  has  accomplished  it  d  by  his  only  begot- 
ten Son. 

a  Gen.  iii,  I  j.    bGea.  xxii,  17,  18,  and  xxviii,  14. 
Ron.  1,  2.   neb.  i,  1 .    c  J  aha  7,46    Hcf>.  x;,  7,  8. 
dRora.  x,  4    Hreb.  xiii,  8. 

VIEth    L  O  R  D's     D  AY. 

Q^  20.  Are  oilmen  then,  as  tbeyperifked  in  Adamy 
favedby  Chfijl  ? 

A.  Ho  ;  only  '  thsfe  who  are  ingrafted  into 
him,  &  and  receive  all  his  benefits^,  by  a  true  faith. 

a  Mi:,  i,  21.  Ifa,  Uii,  11.  b  f oha  v\  iz,  i\.  Roia. 
£,~ao.  H«b.  ,;,  .jp. 


362       Of  Man's  Deliverance. 

Q^  21.-  What  is  true  faith  P 

A.  True  faith  is  not  only  a  certain  knowledge, 
c  whereby  I  hold  for  truth  all  that  God  d  has  re- 
vealed to  us  in  his  word,  but  alfo  an  allured  e  con- 
fidence which  the  Holy  f  Ghoii  works  by  the  gof- 
pel,  e  in  my  heart  ;  that  not  only  to  others,  but 
to  me  alio,  h  remifiion  of  fin,  everiaifing  righte- 
oufneis,  «  and  iaivation,  are  freely  given  by  God, 
k  merely  of  grace,  only  for  the  fake  of  Chrift's 
merits.  ' 

c  John  vi,  69.  John  xvii,  3.  Heb.  xi,  3.  6.  d  Rom. 
ii,  18,  19,  20.  e  Rom.  iv,"l6,  20,  21.  Heb.  xi,  1. 
Bph.  iii,  12.  f  Rom.  i,  16.  1  Cor.  i,  21.  Ads  xvi, 
14.  Mat.  xvi,  17.  John  iii,  5.  g  Rom.  x,  14,  17. 
h  Mac.  ix,  2.  i  Rom.  v,  1.  k  Gal.  ii,  20.  1  Rom. 
iii,  24,  25:,  26. 

Q^  22.  IVhat  is  then  necejfary  for  a  Chrijtiah  to 
believe  ? 

A,  All  things  promifed  us  in  the  gofpel,  m  which, 
the  articles  of  tlie  Catholic  undoubted  Chriftian 
faith  briefly  teach  us. 

m  John  xx,  31.    Mac.  xxviii,  19,  20. 

Q^  23.   What  are  thefe  articles  ? 

A.  ilt.  I  believe  in  God,  the  Father  Almighty, 
Maker  of  heaven  and  earth. 

2d.  And  in  Jefus  Chiift,  his  only  begotten  Son, 
our  Lord. 

3d.  Who  was  conceived  by  the  Holy  Ghoft, 
born  of  the  Virgin  Mary  : 

4th.'  Suffered  under  Pontius  Pilate  ;  was  cruci- 
fied, dead  and  buried  :  He  defcended  into  hell  : 

5th.  The  third  day  he  rofe  again  from  the  dead  : 

6th.  Pie  afeended  into  heaven,  and  litteth  at  the 
right  hand  of  God,  the  Father  Almighty  : 

7th.  From  thence  he  (hall  come  to  judge  the 
and  the  dead. 
'.  8th.  I  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghoft. 

9th.  I  believe  an  holy  Catholic  Church  :  The 
cojnmunion  of  Saints  : 


Of  God  the  Father.  363 

loth.  The  forgivenefs  of  Sins. 

nth.  The  relurrection  of  the  Body  : 

12th.  And  the  Life  everlafiing.     Amen. 

VHIth    L  O  R  D'j    DAY. 
O.    24.  Hopjj  are  thefe  articles  divided  .s 
.    A.  Into  three  parts  :  The  lirft  is  of  God  the 
Father,  and  our  creation  n  :  The  fecond  rif  God 
the  Son,  and  our  redemption  °  :  The  third  of  God 
the  Holy  Ghott,  and  our  ianclification.  p 

n  Gen  i.    o  i  Peter  i,  18,  10.    p  I  Per.  i,  21,  22. 

G.  2  5.  Since  there  is  only  but  one  q  Divine  Ejfeuce, 
nvhy  j'peakejl  thou  cf  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghojt  ? 

q  Deuteronomy  vi,  4. 

A.  Bccauie  God  hath  fo  r  revealed  himfelf  in 
his  word,  that  theie  Three  diftindt  Perfons  are 
the  One  only  true  and  eternal  God. 

r  Gen.  i,  26.  Ua.  lxi,  1.  John  xiv,  16,  17.  t 
John  v,  7.  John  i,  18.  Mat.  xxviii,  19.  2  Cor.  xiii, 
13,  14. 


Of     GOD     the     F  A  T  H  E  Fw 
IXth    L.ORD'i-    DAY. 

Q.  25.  What  believe/I  thou,  when  thou  Jkyejt,"  I 
F  believe  in  God  the  Father  Almighty,  Maker  of  beav- 
P  en  and  earth  }'* 

A,  That  the  eternal  Father  of  our  Lord  Jefus 
Chrift  (who  s  of  nothing  made  heaven  and  earth, 
with  all  that  is  in  them,  who  like  wife  upholds 
and  r  governs  the  fame  by  his  eternal  counfel  and 
providence)  is  for  the  fake  of  Chrift  his  Son,  my 
u  God  and  my  Father  :  on  whom  I  rely  Jo  entire- 
ly, that  I  have  no' doubt  but  he  will  provide  me 
wirh  all  things  neceflary  v  for  foul  and  body  :  and 
further  that  he  will  make  whatever  evils  he  (ends 

s  Gen.  i,  and  2.  Pf.  xxxiii,  6,  t  Pf.  cxvii,  3. 
Mac  x,  29.  Hcb.  i,  3.  John  v,  17.  u  John  i.  12, 
Rom.  viii,  15,  16.  Gal.  iv,  ?,  6.  Eph.  i,  f.  I 
John  iii,  I,  v  Pf.  lv,  22.  Mat.  vi,  26.  Rom.  viii,  28, 


364  Of  God  the  Son. 

upon  me  in  this  valley  of  tears,  *  turn  out  to  my 
advantage  ;  for  he  is  able  to  do  it,  being  Almigh- 
ty  *  God  and  willing,  being  a   y  faithful  Father. 
x  Rom.  x,  12.    y  Mat.  vi,  26.  and  vii,  9, 10,  11. 

Xth    LORD'/    DAY. 

Q^  27.  What  dcjl  thou  mean  by  the  providence  of 
God  ? 

A.  The  almighty  and  every  where  prefent 
power  of  God  :  z  whereby,  as  it  were,  by  his 
hand,'  *  he  upholds  and  governs  heaven,  earth 
and  all  creatures  ;  fo  that  herbs  and  grais,  rain  * 
and  drought,  fruitful  c  and  barren  years,  meat 
and  drink,  d  health  and  fieknefs,  c  riches  and 
poverty,  yea,  all  things  f  come,  not  by  chance, 
but  by  his  fatherly  hand. 

z  Ads  xvii,  2j,  26,  27,  28.  a  Heb,  i,  2.  b  Jer. 
v,  24.  c  Ads  xiv,  17.  d  John  ix,  3.  e  i'ro.  xxii, 
■j..  Job  i,  21.    f  Mat.  x,  20,   30.  Eph.  i,  11. 

Q^  28.  What  advantage  is  it  to  us,  to  know  thai 
God  has  created,  and  by  his  providence,  doth  full  up- 
hold all  things  ? 

A.  Ti^.t'we  may  be  patient  in  '<  adverfitys 
thankful  b  in  proi'perity  ;  and,  that  in  all  things! 
which  may  hereafter  befal  us,  we  place  our  firmf 
1  trull  in  our  faithful  God  and  Father,  that  no- 
thing (hall  k  feparate  us  from  his  love,  fince  all 
creatures  are  fo  in  his  hand,  that  without  his  will) 
they    ]  cannot  fo  much  as  move, 

g  Rom.  v,  3.  If.  xxxix,  10.  h  Deut.  viii,  10 1 
1  Thel.  v,  18.  i  Rom.  v,  4,  j,  6.  k  Rom.  viii,  38 
;;Q.    1  Job  i,  12.  and  ii,  6.  Mat.  viii,  31.  Ha.  x,  ij 


Of    GOD    the    SO  N. 

Xlth    LORD'i    DA  Y. 
Q^  29.  Why  is  the  Son  of  C.J  culled  Je*fus\  that  i 
e  Saviour  ? 
J.  recuuft  he  fcyeth  us,  and  dsttvereijvus  froz 


Of  God  the  Son.  565 

our  w  fins  ;  and  likewife,  becaufe  we  ought  not  to 
ieek,  neither  can  we  find,  n  falvation  in  any  other. 

ra  Mat.  1,  21,     n  Ads  iv,  12. 

Q.  30.  Dofuch  then  believe  in  jefus  the  only  Sav- 
iour, nvhofeek  their  falvation,  and  happinefs  of  faints, 
cfthewfelves,  or  any  where  elfe. 

A,  They  do  not  :  for  though  they  boaft  of  him 
in  words,  yet  in  deeds  they  deny  ■  Jefus  the  on- 
ly Deliverer  and  Saviour  ;  for  one  of  thefe  two 
things  muft  be  true,  that  either  Jefus  is  not  a 
complete  Saviour,  or  that  they  who  by  a  true 
faith  receive  this  Saviour,  muft  find  all  things  in 
him  fc  neceffary  to  their  falvation. 

a  1  Cor.  i,  13,  31.  Gal.  v,  4.  b  Heb.  xii,  2, 
I  fa.  ix,  6,  7.     Col.  i,  19,  20. 

Xllth    LORD' j    DAY. 

(X   31,    Why  is  he  called  Chrijl,  that  is  anointed  ? 

A.  Becaufe  he  is  ordained  c  of  God  the  Father, 
and  *  anointed  with  the  Holy  Ghoft,  to  be  our 
•  chief  Prophet  and  Teacher  :  Who  has  fully  re- 
vealed to  us  the  fecret  counfel  and  will  of  God 
concerning  our  redemption  :  And  to  be  our  only 
High  Prieft,  t  who  by  the  one  facrifice  of  his  bo- 
dy, has  redeemed  us,  and  makes  continual  *  in- 
tereefiion  with  the  Father  for  us  ;  and  alio  to  be 
our  eternal  King,  !l  who  governs  us  by  his  Word 
and  Spirit;  and  who  defends  and  ''  preferves  us 
in  (the  enjoyment  of)  that  falvation  he  has  pur- 
chafed  for  us. 

c  Heb.  i,  9.  d  Deut.  xviii,  18,  A6b.  iii,  22.  John. 
t.  18,  and  xv,  17.  Mat.  xi,  27.  e  Pf,  ex,  4.  Heb. 
vii,  21,  and  x,  14.  f  Rom.  viii,  34.  g  Pf.  ii,  5. 
h  Luke  i,  33.    i  Mat.  xxviii,   iS.  John,  x,  28. 

Q^  3  1,  But  why  art  thou  called  a  Chriflian  ? 

A.  Becaufe  I  am  a  member  of  Chrift  '  by  faith, 

and  thus  am  partaker  *  of  his  anointing,  that  fo 

I  may  l  confefs  his  name,  and  prefent   myfelf  a 

I  iiCo£.vi,ij.   k  1  John  ii,  27.  Joelii,  23.1  Mat.  x,3z. 


366 


Of  God  the  Son, 


living  m  facrifice  of  thaukfulnefs  to  him  :  And  al- 
fo that  with  a  free  and  good  confidence  I  may 
light  againit  iin  n  and  fetan,  in  this  life  ;  and  af- 
terwards v  reign  with  hiin  eternally,  over  all 
creatures. 

m  Rom.  xii,  I .  Rev.  i,  6.  n  Eph.  vi,  u,  12.  I  Tim. 
i,  18,  19.     o  2  Tim.  ii,  12. 

XIIRh    L  OR  D'x    DAY. 

Q.  33.  Why  is  Chrijl  called  the  only  begotten  Son 
cf  Gcd,  Jince  ive  are  alfo  the  children  of  God  ? 

A.  Eecauie  Chrift  alone  is  the  eternal  and  na- 
tural Son  of,P  God  ;  but  we  arc  children  q  adopt- 
ed of  God  by  grace,  for  his  fake. 

p  John  i,  1.  Hub.  i,  2.  q  Rom.  viii,  i>,  16,  17. 
Eph.  i,  5,  6. 

Q^  34.   Wherefore  callcjl  thou  him  our  Lord  ? 

A.  Becaufe  he  hath  redeemed  us,  both  foul  and 
body,  from  all  our  fins,  not  with  gold  or  filver,  r 
bat  with  his  precious  blood,  and  hath  delivered  us 
from  all  the  power  of  the  devil  ;  and  thus  hath 
made  us  his  own  properl  v. 
r  1  Peter  i,  18,  19.     1  Cor.  vi,  20. 

XlVth    L  O  R  D'j    DAY. 

Q.  35.  What  is  the  meaning  of  thefe  words,  "  He 
"  nvas  conceived  by  the  Holy  Ghofl,  bom  of  the  Virgin 
"  Mary  ?" 

A.  That  God's  eternal  Son,  who  •  is,  and  con- 
tinueth  true  and  eternal  c  God,  u  took,  upon  him 
the  very  nature  of  man,  of  the  fleih.  and  r  blood  or 
the  Virgin  Mary,  by  the  operation  of  the  Holy 
Ghoft  :  *  that  lie  might  alfo  be  the  true  feed  of 
David,  y  like  unto  his  brethren  in  all  things,  2  fin 
excepted. 

s  Johni,  1.  Col.i,  is\  Pf.  ii,  7.  t  Rem.  ix,  7.  1  John 
v,  20.    a  John  i,  14.  Gal    iv,  4.  v  Mat  i,  18.  Luke  i  ' 
35.  x  Pf.  exxxii,  11.  Acls  ii,  30.  Rom  i,  3.  y  Phil 
lit  7.  2  Heb.  iv,  15. 


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Q^  36.  What  profit  dojl  thou  receive  by  ChriJTs  ho- 
ly conception  and  fiativity  ? 

A.  That  he  is  our  a  Mediator  ;  and  with  his 
innocence  and  perfect  holineis,  covers,  in  the  light 
of  •>  God,  my  has,  wherein  I  was  conceived  and 
brought  forth  ! 

a  Heb-  ii,  16,  17.  b  Pf.  xxxiii,  1.  1  Cor.  i,  30. 
Rom.  viii,  34. 


XVth    L  ORD'j    D  AY. 

Q^  37.  What  dojl  thou  ufiderjland,  by  the  words 
"  Hefuffered  ?" 

A.  That  he,  all  the  time  he  lived  on  earth,  but 
especially  at  the  end  of  his  life,  c  fuftained,  in  bo- 
dy and  foul,  the  wrath  of  God  againft  the  fins  of 
mankind  :  That  fo  by  his  paffion,  as  the  only  d 
propitiatory  facrifi.ee,  he  might  redeem  our  body 
and  foul  from  everiafhng  damnation,  and  obtain  for 
us  the  favor  of  God,  rigiiteoufnefs  and  eternal  life. 

c  1  Peter  ii,  24.  Ifa.  liii,  12.  d  1  John  ii,  2.  Rom. 
iii,  25-. 

Ch  38.  Why  did  he  fuffer  under  Pontius  Pilate,  as 
his  judge  .s 

A.  That  he  being  innocent,  and  yet  condemn- 
ed e  by  a  temporal  judge,  might  thereby  free  us 
from  the  fevere  judgment  of  God,  to  which  we 
were  expofed.f 

e  Luke  xxiii,  14.  John  xix,  4.  Pf.  lsix,  y.  f  Gal. 
iii,  13. 

Q^  2>9'  ^f  there  any  thing  more  in  his  being  crucifi- 
ed, than  if  he  had  died  fame  other  death  P 

A,  Yes   [there   is]  ;  for  thereby   I  am  allured 
that  he  took,  upon  him  the  curfe  which  lay  upon 
me  ;  for  the  death  of  the  crofs  was  g  acpurfed  of 
God. 
g  Deut.  xxi,  23.    Gal.  iii,  13. 


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XVIth    L  ORD'j    DAY. 

Q.  40  Why  was  it  neccjfary  for  Chriji  to  humble 
hitnfclf  even  to  death  ? 

A.  Becaufe,  with  reipect  to  the  juftice  and 
truth  of  God,  fatisfaclion  for  our  fins  could  be 
made  s  no  otherwife  than  by  the  death  of  the  h 
Son  of  God. 

g  Gen.  ii,  17.     h  Heb.  ii,  9,  10.  Phil,  ii,  8. 

Q^  4T.   Why  was  be  alfo  "  buried  f'% 

A.  Thereby  to  prove  that  he  5  was  really  dead. 

i  A<fh  xiii,  20.    John  xix,  38,  See 

Q.  4s.  Since  then  Chriji  died  for  us,  why  mzjl  nx:e 
alfo  die  ? 

A.  Our  death  is  rot  a  fatisfaclion  for  our  fins, 
but  only  an  aboiilhing  of  lin,  and  a  paiTage  into  k 
eternal  life. 

k  John  v,  74.     Phil,  i,  23. 

(J.  43.  What  further  benefit  do  ive  receive  from 
the  fcicnjice  and  "death  of  Chriji  on  the  crofr  ? 

A.  Thgt  by  virtue  thereof,  our  old  man  is  cru- 
cifiec,  dead  r.nd  1  buried  with  him  ;  that  fo  the 
corrupt  inclinations  of  the  flefh  may  no  more  m 
ft%n  in  us  ;  but  that  we  mav  n  offer  ourfelves  un- 
to him  a  facrifice  of  thankfgiving. 

m.  vi,  o,  7,  &c.  m  Rom.  vi,  12.  n  Rom, xii,  1. 
Q.44.  IVhy  is  there  added"  He  defended  into  hell  ?'' 

A.  That  in  my  greateft  temptations,  I  may  be 
sffured,  ?nd  whollv  comfort  myfelf  in  this,  that 
my  Lord  Jefus  Chrift  by  his  inexpreffible  anguifh, 
rrrors,  and  hellifh  agonies,  in  which  he  was 
I  during  all  his  fuffe  rings,  but  efuecially  on 
the  1  rois,  hath  °  delivered  me  from  the  anguiih 
and  torments  of  hell. 

o  I  fa.  liii,  10.  Mat.  xxvii,  46. 


XVIIth    LORD'/    DAY. 
Q.45.  Whatdoththe  refurreclion  of  Chriji  profit  us? 
A.  Firft,  by  his  refurrection  he  hath  overcome 


Of  God  the  Son.  369 

death,  that  he  might  p  make  us  partakers  of  that 
righteoufnefs  which  he  had  purchafed  for  us  by 
his  death  :  Secondly,  we  are  alfo  by  his  power  q 
raif»d  up  to  a  new  life  :  And  laftlv,  the  resurrec- 
tion of  Chrift  is  a  r  fure  pledge  of  our  bleffed  re- 
furreclion. 

p  i  Cor.  xv,  16.    q  Rom.  vi,  4.  Col.  iii,  I,  &c. 
r  1  Cor.  xv.    Rora,  viii,  11. 


XVIIIth    LORD'x    DAY. 

Q^  46.  How  doji  thou  undetjiand  thefe  words,  "  He 
afctnded  into  Heaven  ?*' 

A.  That  Chrift  in  the  fight  of  his  difciples,  was 
s  taken  up  from  earth  into  heaven  ;  and  that  he 
continues  z  there  for  our  intereft,  until  he  comes 
again  to  judge  the  quick  and  the  dead. 

s  A&s  i,  9.  Mark  xvi,  10.  t  Heb.  iv,  14.  Rorn.  viii, 
34.  Eph.  iv,  10. 

CK  47.  Is  not  Chrift  with  ?es  then  eve?i  to  the  end 
■of  the  world,  a!  he  hath  promifed  ? 

A.  Chrift  is  very  man  and  very  God  :  With 
refpect  to  his  human  u  nature,  he  is  no  more  on 
-earth  ;  but  withrefpecl  to  his  v  godhead,  majefty, 
grace  and  fpirit,  he  is  at  no  time  abient  from  us. 

11  Acts  iii,  21.  John  iii,  13,  and  xvi,  28.  v  Mac. 
xx viii,  20. 

Q^  48.  But  if  his  human  nature  is  not  prefent 
wherever  his  godhead  is,  are  not  then  thefe  two  na- 
tures in  Chrijl  feparatedfrom  one  another  ? 

A.  Not  at  all  :  For  fince  the  godhead  is  in- 
comprehennble  and  x  omniprefent,  it  muft  necef- 
farilv  follow,  y  that  the  fame  is  not  limited  with 
the  human  nature  he  aiTumed,  and  yet  .remains 
perfonally  united  to  it. 

x  Acts  vii,  49.  Mat.  x:dv,  30.  y  Mat.  xxviii,  20. 
John  xvi,  28.  Kviij  11,  and  iii,  13.* 

■V  2 


370 


Of  God  the  Sen. 


Q_.  49.  Of  ivh at  advantage  to  us  is  Chriji's  ajle/i- 
Jion  into  heaven  ? 

A.  Firft,  that  he  is  our  y  advocate  in  the  pre- 
fence  of  his  Father  in  heaven  :  Secondly,  that  we 
have  our  flefh  in  heaven,  as  arfure  pledge,  that  he 
as  the  head,  will  alfo  z  take  up  to  himfelf,  us  his 
members  :  Thirdly,  that  he  a  fends  us  his  Spirit 
as  an  earneft,  by  whole  power  we  "  feek  the 
things  which  are  above,  where  Chrift  fitteth  on 
the  right  hand  of  God,  b  and  not  things  on  earth." 

y  Hcb.  ix,  24.  I  John  ii,  2.  Rom.  viii,  34.  z  John 
xiv,  2.  tph.  ii,  6.  a  John  xiv,  16.  2  Cor.  i,  22, and 
v,  >.   b  Col.  iii,  1.  Phil,  iii,  10. 


XlXth    L  ORD'-r    DAY. 

Q.  50.  Why  is  it  added,  **  andjitteth  at  the  right 
hand  of  God  ?'■* 

A.  Becaufe  Chrift  is  afcended  into  heaven  for 
tihis  etid,  that  he  might  there  c  appear  as  head  of 
his  church,  by  whom  the  Father  d  governs  all 
things. 

c  tph.  i,  20.  Col.  i,  18.  d,Mat.  xxviii,  18.  John 
v,  22. 

0-  ST.  What  profit  is  this  glory  of  Chrift  our  head 
Unto  us  ?  .    I 

A,  Firfc,  That  by  his  holy  Spirit  he  e  ponreth 
out  heavenly  graces  upon  us  his  members  :  And 
then,  fecondiy,  that  by  his  power  he  defends  *  and 
.reserves  us  againft  all  enemies. 

eEt.h.iv,  10.     frf.  ii.p.    John  x,  i%. 

Q.  ^'z.  JViat  comfort  is  it  to  thee  that  i(  Chrift 
Jhaii  come  again  to  judge  the  quieh  and  the  dean  .?" 

A,  That  in  2II  my  forrows  and  perfections, 
Fwith  uplifted  head,  g  I  look  for  the  very  fame  per- 
fon,  who  before  offered  himfelf  for  my  fake,  to 
the  tribunal  of  God,  and  hath  removed  all  curie 
from  me,  to  come  as  Judge  from  heaven  ;  who 

g  Luke  xxi,  28.  Rom.  viii,  23,  24.  1  Ihcf.  iv,  16. 


Of  God  the  Holy  Ghoft.       371 

P.iall  caft  alt  his  h  and  my  enemies  into  everlaft- 
ing  condemnation,  but  ftiall  tranflate  *  me  with 
alf  his  chofen  ones  to  himfelf,  into  heavenly  joys 
and  glorv. 
h  2  Thef.  i,  6,  7.  Mat.  xxv.  41.  i  Mat.  xxv,  34. 


Of    GOD   the    HOLY    GHOST. 
XXth    LORD' j    DAY. 

Qi  53 •  What  dcjl  then  believe  concerning  the  Holy 
Ghojl  ? 

A.  Firft,  that  he  is  true  and  co-etemal  God 
with  the  Father  and  the  !  Son  :  Secondly,  that 
he  is  alfo  given  *  me,  to  >  make  me  by  a  true  faith, 
partaker  of  Chrift  and  all  his  benefits,  that  he  may 
V  comfort  me,  and  n abide  with  me  for  ever. 

i  Gen.  i,  2.  Ifa.  xlviii,  16.  1  Cor.  iit,  26.  k.  Mat. 
xxviii,  19.  2  Cor.  i,  21.  1  Gal.  iii,  14.  1  Peter  i,  2. 
m  Acts  ix,  31.    njohnxi/,  16.     1  Peter  iv,  14. 


XXXft    LORD'*    DAY. 

Q.  54.  What  believejl  thou  concerning  the  rt  Ho- 
ly Catholic  church"  of  Chrijl  ? 

A.  That  the  Son  of  God  °  from  the  *  begin- 
ning to  the  end  of  the  world,  gathers,  q  defends, 
and  r  preferves  to  himfelf  by  his  3  Spirit  and  Word 
out  of  the  r  whole  human  race,  a  u  church  choien 
to  everlafting  life,  agreeing  in  true  faith  ;  and 
that  I  am,  and  for  ever  ihali  remain,  a  v  living 
member  thereof. 

o  John  x,  11.  p  Gen.  xxvi,  4.  qRom.  viii,  29. 
Eph.  i,  10.  r  Mat.  xvi,  18.  s  Il'a.  hx,  21.  t  Deut. 
x,  14,  15.  u  Acts  xiii,  48.  v  I  Cor.  i,  8,  9.  Rom. 
viii,  37,  &c. 

Qj,  55*  What  do  you  underfland  by  w  the  comma- 
's: ion  of  faints  ?" 

A.  Firft,  that  all  and  every  one  who  believes, 
being  members  of  Chrift,  are   in  common,  *  par- 

x  1  John  i,  3.    Rom.  viii,  32.     1  Cor.  xii,  13. 


372  Of  the  Refurreciion  of  the  Body. 

takers  of  him,  and  of  his  riches  and  gifts  :  Se- 
condly, that  every  one  muft  know  it  to  be  his 
duty,  readily  and  y  cheerfully  to  employ  his  gifts, 
for  the  advantage  and  falvation  of  other  members. 

y  i  Cor.  xiii,  5.     Philip,  ii,  4,  5,  6. 
Q.   56.   JVhat  belie-vejt  thou   concerning  "  the  for- 
give nefs  of  fins  f" 

A.  That  God  for  the  fake  of  z  Ch rift's  fatisfac- 
tion,  will  no  more  a  remember  my  fins,  neither 
my  corrupt  nature,  againft  which  I  have  to  firug- 
gie  all  my  life  long;  but  will  gracioufly  impute 
to  me  the  righteoufnefs  of  Chrift,  that  I  may  ne- 
ver be  b  condemned  before  the  tribunal  of  God. 

z  1  John  ii,  2.  2Cor.v,  10,  21.  a  Jer.  xxxi,  34. 
Pf.  ciii,  3,4,  10,  11.  Rom.  viii,  1,  2,  3.  b  John  iii,  18. 


XXIId    L  ORD'j    DAY. 

Q,  57.  What  comfort  dolh  tbe  refhrretllon  of  the 
body  'afford  thee  ? 

A.  That  not  only  my  foul  after  this  lifej  (hall 
be  immediately  taken  *»  up  to  Chrift  its  head  ;  but 
alio,  that  this  my  body,  being  railed  by  the  pow- 
er of  Chrift,  (hall  be  re-united  with  my  foul,  and 
c  rnade  like  unto  the  glorious  body  of  Chrift. 

b  Luke  xxiii,  43.  Phiiip.  i,  23.  c  1  Cor.  xv,  53. 
Job  xix,  zy,  26. 

Q^  58.  What  comfort  takefl  thou  from  the  article 
cf  "  life  everlajiing ?" 

A.  That  fince  d  I  now  feel  in  mv  heart  the  be- 
ginning of  eternal  joy,  after  this  life,  e  I  ilia.Il  in- 
herit perfedl:  falvation,  which  "  f  Eye  hath  not 
feen,  nor  ear  heard,  neither  hath  it  entered  into 
the  heart  of  man"  to  conceive  !  and  that,  to  praife 
God  therein  for  ever. 

d  2  Cor.  v,  2,  3,  6.  Rom.  :.iv,  17.  c  Tf.  xvi,  II, 
f  1  Cor.  ii,  o. 


Of  judication  by  Faith.      373 

XXIIId  L  O  RD'x  DAY. 

Q^  59.  But  what  doth  it  profit  thee  now  that  thou 
believefl  all  this  ? 

A.  That  I  am  righteous  in  Chrift  before  God, 
and  an  heir  of  eternal  life.* 

g  Rom    v,  1.     Rom.  i,  17.    Join  iii,  36. 

Q^  60.  How  art  thou  righteous  before  God  P 

A,  Only  h  by  a  true  faith  in  Jefus  Chrift  ;  fo 
that  tho'  my  ccnfcience  accufd  me,  that  I  have 
grofsly  tranfgreffed  all  the  commands  of  God,  and 

*  kept  none  of  them,  and  am  iUll  k  inclined  to  all 
evil  ;  notwithstanding  God,  without  any  •  merit 
of  mine,  but  only  of  mere  Bl  grace,  grants  n  and 

*  imputes  to  me  the  p  perfect  fatisfadtion,  right- 
eoufnefs  and  holinefs  of  Chrift. :  even  fo,  as  if  I 
never  had  had,  nor  committed  any  fin;  yea,  as 
if  I  had  fully  q  accomplished  all  that  obedience 
which  Chrift  hath  accomplished  for  me  ;  r  in  as 
much  as  I  embrace  fuch  benefit  with  a  believing 
heart. 

a  Rom.  iii,  22,  Sec.  Gal.  ii,  16.  Eph.  iL,  8,  9. 
1  Rom.  iii,  9.  &c.  k  Rom.  vii,  23.  I  Rom.  iii,  24. 
m  Tit.  iii,  y.  Eph.  ii,  8,  9.  n  Rom.  iv,  4,  y.  2  Cor. 
v,  19.  o  1  John  ii,  1.  pi  John  ii,  2.  q  2  Cor.  v, 
j.;,     r  Rom.  iii,  28.  John  iii,  18. 

Q^  61.  IVhy  fayeft  thou,  that  thou  art  righteous  by 
faith  only  ? 

A.  Not  that  I  am  acceptable  to  God  on  ac- 
count of  the  s  worthinefs  of  my  faith  ;  but  be- 
er uie  only  the  fatisfaclion,  rigbteoufnefs  and  ho- 
iinefs  of  Chrift,  is  my  righteoufnefs  before  £God ; 
and  that  I  cannot  receive  u  and  apply  the  fame  to 
myi,.  if  any  other  way  than  by  faith  only. 

s  If.  xvi,  2.  Eph.  ii,  8,9.  t  1  Cor.  i,  30.  1  Cor. 
11,  2.    u  1  John  Vj  10. 

XXIVth    L  O  RD'j-    DAY. 

Q^  62.  But  why  ca?mot  our  good  works  be  the  whole 
'pr  part  of  our  righteoufnefs  before  God  ? 


374         Of  the  Sacraments. 

A.  Becaufe,  that  the  righteoufnefs,  which  tan 
be  approved  of  before  the  tribunal  of  God  mult 
be  absolutely  perfect,  and  in  all  refpects  v  con- 
formable to  the  divine  law  :  And  alio,  that  our 
belt  works  in  this  life,  are  all  imperfect  and  *  de- 
filed with  fat. 

v  Gal.  iii,  10.   Dent.  xxvii,  26.    a  Ifa.  lxiv,  6. 

Q.  63.  What!  do  not  our  good  works  merit,  <wkich 
yet  God  will  reward  in  this  and  in  a  future  life  ? 

A.  This  reward  is  not  of  merit,  but  of  *»  grace, 
b  Luke  xvii,  10. 

C\  64.  But  doth  not  this  dottrine  make  men  care- 
lefs  and  profane  ? 

A.  By  no  means :  For  it  is  impoffible  that  thofe 
who  are*  implanted  into  Chrift,  by  a  true  faith, 
mould  not  bring  forth  fruits  of  c  thankfulnefs. 
c  Matt.  vii.  18.    John  xv.  y. 


Of    the    SACRAMENTS. 
XXVth    LORD';   D  AY. 

Q.  65.  Since  then  we  are  made  partakers  nf  Chriji. 
an  I  all  his  benefits  by  faith  only,  whence  doth  this  faith 
proceed  P 

A.  From  the  Holy  Ghoft,  who  works  d  faith 
in  our  hearts  bv  the  preaching  of  the  gofpel,  and 
e  confirms  it  bv  the  ufe  of  the  facraments. 

d  Eph.  ii,  8.  Sc  viv  23.  Philip,  i,  20.  e  Mat.  xxviii, 
19.    Rom.  iv,  11. 

CK  66.   What  are  the  facrameni  r  ? 

A.  The  facraments  are  holy  vifible  figns  and 
feals,  appointed  of  God  for  this  erjd,  that  by  the 
ufe  thereof,  he  may  the  more  fully  declare  and 
fcal  to  us  the  promife  of  the  gofpel ;  viz.  That 
he  grants  lis  freely  the  reroiffion  of  fin,  and  *  life 
eternal,  for  the  fake  of  that  one  facrifice  of  Chrift, 
accomplished  on  the  crofs. 

f  Gen.  xvii.  1 1.  Rom.  iv,  1 1.  Dent,  xxx,  6.  tltt. 
MM*  15    Acts  xxii,  16.   Acts  ii,  58.  Mat.  xxvi,  18. 


Of  Holy  Baptifm.  275 

Q.  67.  Are  both  tuordandfacraments  then  ordain- 
ed and  appointed  for  this  end,  that  they  may  direft  oar 
faith  to  the  facrifice  of  Jefus  Chrijl  on  the  crofs,  as  the 
only  ground  of  our  filiation  ? 

A.  Yes,  indeed  ;  for  the  Holy  Ghoft  teaches 
us  in  the  gofpel,  and  affures  us  by  the  facraments 
f  that  the  whole  of  our  fdlvation  depends  upon 
that  one  facrifice  of  Chrift,  which  he  offered  for 
us  on  the  crofs.         f  Rom.  vi,  3.     Gnl.  ill,  27.  " 

Q^  68.  How  many  facraments  has  Chrijl  injtitnted 
in  the  new  covenant,  or  tejrament  ? 

A.  gTwo  ;  namely,  holy  baptifm  and  the  holy 
fupper.  g  1  Cor.  x,  2,  34. 


Of    holy    BAPTIS  M. 
XXVIth    L  ORD'j    DAY. 

Q.  69.  Hoiv  art  thou  admonifyed  and  affured  by 
holy  baptifm,  that  the  one  far rife e  of  Chrifi  upon  the 
crofs  is  of  real  advantage  to  thee  ? 

A,  Thus,  that  Chrift  appointed  h  this  external 
warning  with  water,  adding-  thereto  this  promife, 
that  I  am  as  certainly  warned  by  his  blood  and 
fpirit  from  all  pollution  of  my  foul,  that  is,  from 
all  my  fins,  as  I  am  '  warned  externally  with  wa- 
ter, by  which  the  filthinefs  of  the  body  is  com- 
monly warned  away. 

h  Mac.  xxviii,  19.  Afts  11,38.  iMarkxvi,  16.  Mat. 
iii,  11.  Rom.  vi,  3.    k  Mark  i,  4.    Luke  iii,  3. 

Q._  70.  What  is  it  to  be  nvajhed  with  the  blood  and 
fpirit  of  Chrijl  f 

A.  It  is  to  receive  of  God  the  remiffion  of  fins, 
freely  for  the  fake  of  Chrift's  blood,  which  ho 
k  fhed  for  us  by  his  facrifice  upon  the  crofs  :  And 
alio  to  be  renewed  by  the  Holy  Ghoft;  and  fancl- 
ified  to  be  members  of  Chrift  ;  that  fo  we  may 
more  and  more  die  unto  fin,  and  llead  holy  and 
tmblameable  lives.        k  Heb.  xii,  24.    1  Pet.  i,  2. 

Rev.  i,  5.    1  John  i,  33.  Rom.  vi,  4.    Col.  ii,  12, 


376  Of  Holy  Baptifm. 

Ch  7  I .  Where  has  Chrijl  promifed  v.s,  that  he  iinil 
as  certainly  nva/b  us  by  his  blood  and/pint,  as  we  are 
ivajhed  with  the  water  of  baptifm  P 

A.  In  the  inftitution  of  baptifm,  which  is  thus 
exprefled,  "  ni  Go  ye  therefore  and  teach  ail  na- 
tions, baptizing  them  in  the  name  of  the  Fa- 
ther, and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghoft  n  :!' 
"  He  that  believeth  and  is  baptized  (nail  be  laved, 
but  he  that  believeth  not  ihall  be  damned,"  This 
promife  is  alio  repeated,  where  the  icripture  caiis 
baptifm  "  the  °  warning  of  regeneration,  and  the 
warning   *  away  of  iins." 

ra  Mac.  xxviii,  19.  n  Mark  xvi,  16.  o  Tit.  iii, 
j.     A^ts  xxii,  16.  . 


XXVIIth    L  O  R  D  '  s    DA  Y. 
Q,   72.  //   then  the  external  baptifm  nvith  water ', 
the  nvajbing  mtvay  of fm  itfelf? 

A.  Wot  at  ail  ;  for  the  6  blood  of  Jefus  Chrift 
only,  and  the  Holy  Ghoft  cleanie  us  from  ail  •"- 
lin.' 

g  Mac.  iii,  11.     1  Pec.  iii,  12.     hi  John  i,  7. 
1  Cor.   vi,  1 1. 

Q.  75.  Why  then  doth  the  Holy  Ghofl  call  baptifm 
"  the  -rujl'it.-g  of  regeneration"  and  "  the  ivajhing  a- 
•way  of  jins  ?" 

A.  God  fpeaks  not  thus  without  great  caufe, 
to  wit,  not  only  thereby  to  teach  us,  that  as  the 
fjlth  of  the  body  is  purged  away  by  water,  fo  our 
lins  are  a  removed  by  the  blood  and  fpirit  of  Je- 
fus Cariii  ;  but  efpeoialljr,  that  by  this  divine 
pledge  and  fign  he  may  aiTure  us,  that  we  are 
fpirituaiiy  cleanfed  from  our  lins  as  really,  as  we 
arc  externally  b  wafhed  with  water. 

a  Rev.  i,  )'   1  Cor.  vi,  II.  b  Mark  xvi,   16.  G.d 
iii,  27. 

Q^  74.   Are  Infants  alfo  to  be  baptised  ? 

A.  \  c »,  fox  firice  they,  as  well  as  the  adult,  are 


Of  the  Lord's  Supper.        377 

included  in  the  c  covenant  and  d  church  of  God  ; 
and  iince  e  redemption  from  fin  by  the  blood  of 
Chrift,  and  the  f  Holy  Ghoft,  the  author  of  faith, 
is  promifed  to  them  no  lefs  than  to  the  adult  ; 
they  muft  therefore  by  baptifm,  as  a  fign  of  the 
covenant,  be  alio  admitted  into  the  Chriftian 
church  ;  and  be  diftinguilhed  g  from  the  children 
of  infidels,  as  was  done  in  the  old  covenant  or 
teftament  by  *  circumcificn,  in  Head  of  which,  • 
baptifm  is  inftituted  in  the  new  covenant. 

c  Gen.  xvii,  7.  Acts  ii,  39.  d  1  Cor.  vii,  14.  Jo- 
el ii,  16.  e  Mark  xix,  14,  f  Luke  i,  14,  15.  Pf. 
xxii,  10.  Acts  ii,  39.  g  Acts  x,  47.  1  Cor.  xii,  13. 
and  vii,  14.  h  Gen.   xvii,  14.  i  Col.  ii,  n,  12,  13. 


Of    the    HOLY    SUPPER    of    our    LORD 
JESUS    CHRIST. 

XXVIIIth    LORD';    DAY. 

0 .  75.  Honv  art  thou  admonifljed  and  affured  in  the 
Lord's  Supper,  that  thou  art  a  partaker  of  that  one 
facrifice  of  Ghrifl,  accomp lifted  on  the  crofs,  and  of 
all  his  benefits  ? 

A.  Thus,  that  Chrift  has  commanded  me  and^ 
all  believers,  to  eat  of  this  broken  bread,  and  to 
drink  of  this  cup,  in  remembrance  of  him  ;  t  add- 
ing thefe  promifes  :  fir  ft,  that  his  body  was  offer- 
ed and  broken  on  the  crofs  for  me,  and  his  blood 
fhed  for  me,  as  certainly  as  I  fee  with  my  eyes, 
the  bread  of  the  Lord  broken  for  me,  and  the  cup 
communicated  to  me  :  And  further,  that  he  feeds 
and  nourifhes  my  foul  to  everlafting  life,  with 
his  crucified  body,  and  (lied  blood,  as  affurediy 
as  I  receive  from  the  hands  of  the  minifter,  and 
tafte  with  my  mouth  the  bread  and  cup  of  the 
Lord,  as  certain  figns  of  the  body  and  blood  of 
Chrift. 

k  Mat.  xxvi,  26,  27,  28.  Mark  xiv,  22,  23,  24. 
Luke  xxii,  19,  20.  1  Cor.  x,  16,  17,  &  xi,  23,  24,  25-. 


37  ^       Of  the  Lord's  Supper. 

Q.  70.  What  is  it  then  to  eat  the  crucified  body, 
and  drink  thejhed  blood  of  Chrijl  ? 

A.  It  is  not  only  to  embrace  with  a  believing 
heart  all  the  fufferings  and  death  of  Chrift,  and 
thereby  to  •  obtain  the  pardon  of  fin  and  life  eter- 
nal ;  but  alio,  befides  that,  to  become  more  m  and 
more  united  to  his  lacred  body  by  the  Holy  Ghoit 
who  dwells  both  in  Chrift  and  in  us  ;  fo  that  we, 
though  Chrill  is  in  n  heaven  and  we  on  earth  ; 
are  notwithstanding  "  fleih  of  his  flefh,  and  bone 
of  °  his  bone  ;"  and  that  we  live  and  are  p  gov- 
erned for  ever  by  one  Spirit,  as  members  of  the 
lame  body  are  by  one  foul. 

1  John  vi,  3?,  40,  47,  48,  jo,  ft,  J3,  5-4.  m  John 
vi,  y?,  5:6.  n  Acts  iii,  21,  and  i,  9,  10,  1 1 .  1  Cor. 
xi,  26.  o  Eph.  v,  29,  30,  31,  32.  1  Cor.  vi,  1  j,  17,  19. 
I  John  iii,  24.  pJ0hnvi.j6.57,  58.  Eph;  iv,  iy,  16. 
Q.  77.  Where  has  Chrijl  promifed  that  he  nviil  as 
certainly  feed  and  nourijh  believers  with  his  body  and 
blood,  us  they  eat  of  this  broken  bread,  and  drink  of 
this  cap. 

A.  In  the  inftitution  of  the  fupper  which  is  thus 
exprefled  ;  q  "  The  Lord  Jei'us  in  the  farm 
in  which  he  was  betrayed,  took  bread,  and  when 
he  had  given  thanks,  he  brake  it,  and  i'aid,  take 
cat  ;  this  is  my  body,  which  is  broken  for  you  ; 
this  do  in  remembrance  of  me  :  After  the  fame 
manner  alfo  he  took  the  cup,  when  he  had  flip- 
ped, faying,  this  r  cup  is  the  new  teftament  in  my 
biood  :  s  'j  his  do  ye  as  often  as  ye  drink  of  it,  in 
remembrance  of  me.  For  as  often  as  ye  eat  this 
bread,  and  drink  this  cup,  ye  do  fliew  the  Lord's 
death  till  he  come." 

cj  1  Cor.  xi,  23.  Mat.  xxvi,  26.  Mark  xiv,  22. 
Luke  xxii;  19.  r  Ex.  xxiv,  8.  Heb.  ix,  20.  s  Ex. 
xni,  9.     1  Cor.  xi,  26. 

This  promiie  is  repeated  by  the  holy  apoftle 
Paul,  where  he  fays, l  "  The  cup  of  blefiing  which 


Of  the  Lord's  Supper. 


79 


s,  is  it  not  the  communion  of  the  blood  of 
Chrift  ?  The  bread  which  we  brake,  is  it  not  the 
communion  of  the  body  of  Chrift  ?  For  we  being 
many,  are  one  bread  and  one  body  ;  because  we 
are  all  partakers  of  that  one  bread,1' 
t  1  Cor.  x,  16,  17. 


XXIXtli    LOUD' s 

Q.  7S.  Do  then  the  bread  and  ivzife  become  the  ve 
ry  body  and  blood  of Chriji  ? 

A.  Not  at  all  :  u  But  as  the  wa 
is  not  changed  into  the  blood  of  C 
the  wafhing  away  of  tin  itielf,  beii 
and  confirmation  thereof  appointd  of  God  ;  lb 
the  bread  in  the  Lord's  fupper  is  mt  changed  in 
to  the  very  "  body  of  Chrift,  thou 
the  *  nature  and  properties  of  1 
called  the  body  of  Jelus  Chrift. 

u  1  Cor.  x,  1,2,  Zt  4.     1  Peter  iii 
jy,  62,  6j.    v  i  Cor.  x,  16.  and  ii, 
xvii,   10,   11,  14.     Exod.  xii,   26,  2 
Ads  vii,  8,     Mat.  xxvi,  26.     Mark  x 

(^  7  ).  Why  then,  doth  Chriji  call  t 
and  the  cup  his  blood,  cr  the  nenv  co<oehnt  in  his  blood; 
and  Paul,  the  "  communion  of  the  Idyaud  blood  of 
Chrift  f" 

A.  Chrift  fpeaks  thus  not  withojt  great  reafon, 
namely,  not  only  thereby  to  telch  us,  that  as 
bread  and  wine  lupport  this  tempral  life,  lb  his 
crucified  body,  and  ihed  blood,  a:  the  true  meat 
and  drink  whereby  our  fouls  are'  fed  to  eternal 
life  :  but  more  especially  by  tide  vifibie  figns 
and  pledges  to  allure  us,  that  w  are  real  parta- 
kers of  his  true  body  and  blood  (  y  the  operation 
of  the  Hoiy  Ghofl)  as  we  y  receiv  by  the  mouths 
of  our  bodies  thefe   holy  figns  in  emembrance  of 

x  John  vi,  J 1, .55:,  ?6.  y  1  Cor.  ,  \6,  17,  and  xi, 
26,  27,  28.  tph.  v,  32. 


A  Y. 


er  in   baptifm 
rilt,  neither  is 
dy  the  fign 


h  agreeable  to 
raments,  it  is 

2T.     John  vi, 
,  &c.     x  Gen. 
and  xliu,  48. 
r,  24. 

bread  his holy , 


o 


80       Of  the  Lord's  Supper. 


him  ;  and  that  all  his  fufferings  z  and  obedience, 
are  as  certainly  ouri,  as  if  we  had  in  our  own  per- 
fons  fuffered  and  made  fatisfadtion  for  our  tins  to 
God. 
z  Rom.  v,  9,  18,  19,  Sc  viii,  4. 


XXXth    LORD',    D  AY. 

Q^  So.  Whit  difference  is  there  between  the  Lord's 
flipper  and  the  >opijh  mafs  ? 

A.  The  Lad's  fupper  teftines  to  us,  that  we 
have  a  full  paidon  of  all  fin  *by  the  only  facrifice 
of  Jefus  Chrifi  which  he  himfelf  has  once  accom- 
pliihed  on  thecrofs  ;  and,  that  we  by  the  Holy 
Ghoft  are  ingafted  *»  into  Chrift,  who,  according 
to  his  human  nature  is  now  not  on  earth,  but  in 
c  heaven,  at  t  e  right  hand  of  God  his  Father,  and 
will  there  d  b  worfbipped  by  us  :  But  the  mafs 
teacheth  that  the  living  and  dead  have  not  the 
pardon  of  finstbrcugh  the  fufferings  of  Chrift,  un- 
lefs  Chrift  is  Ifo  daily  offered  for  them  by  the 
priefts  ;  and  "urther,  that  Chrift  is  bodily  under 
the  form  of  bend  and  wine,  and  therefore  is  to  be 
*  worfhipped  a  them  ;  ib  that  the  mafs  at  bottom, 
is  nothing  elf  than  a  t  denial  of  the  one  facrifice 
and  fuffering:  of  Jefus  Chrift,  and  an  accurfed 
idolatry. 

a  Heb.  vii,  2-,  and  ix,  12,  16.  Mat.  xxvi,  28. 
Luke  xxii,  19,  o.  2  Cor.  v,  21.  01  Cor.  vi,  17. 
and  xit,  13.  c^b.  i,  3,  and  viii,  1,  8cc.  d  John 
iv,  21,  22,  23.  Zol.  ill,  I.  Phil,  iii,  20.  Lnke  xxiv, 
5-2,73.  Acrs  vi,  5-5-.  e  In  canone  Mifste  and  de  con.- 
fecra  diftinct  2  Contil.  Trid.  Sefs.  13,  IT-  f  Ifa. 
i,  11,  14.     Marxv.  9.    Col.  ii,  ^^.  23.'  Jer.  ii,  13. 

Q.   8  1.   For  vhom  is  the  Lord? s  /upper  injiituted  ? 

A.  For  thol  who  are  truly  forrowful  e  for  their 
fin's,  and  yet  tuft  that  thefe  are  forgiven  them  for 
the  fake   of  CVift  ;  and  that  their  remaining  in- 

g  Mar.  r,  3,  6    Luke  vii,  37,  38,  and  xv,  18,  19. 


Of  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven.     381. 

firmities  h  are  covered  by  his  paffion  and  death  ; 
and  who  alfo  earneftly  i  defire  to  have  their  faith 
more  and  more  ilrengthened,  and  their  lives  more 
holy  ;  but  hypocrites,  and  iuch  as  turn  not  to 
God  with  fmcere  hearts,  eat  and  drink  k  judg- 
ment to  themfelves. 

h  Tf.  ciii,  3.  i  Pf.  cxvi,  12,  13,  14.  1  Peter  ii,  11, 
j  2.  k  1  Cor.  x,  20,  8tc.  and  xi,  28,  Stc.  Tit.  i,  16. 
IL  1,  15,  16. 

Q.  82.  Are  they  alfo  to  be  admitted  to  tris  /upper \ 
who  by  co?tfefjion  and  life  declare  tkemfelxes  infdels 
and  ungodly  ? 

A.  No  ;  for  by  this,  the  covenant  of  Gcd  would 
be  profaned  and  his  wrath  1  kindled  aganft  the 
whole  congregation  ;  therefore  it  is  the  iuty  of 
the  Chrirlian  church,  according  to  the  appoint- 
ment of  m  Chril't  and  his  apoftles,  to  exclude  fucb 
perfons,  by  the  keys  of  the  kingdom  of  h;aven, 
till  they  fliew  amendment  of  life. 

1  1  Cor.  x,  21,  and  xi,  30,  31.  If.  i,  11,13.  Tcr, 
vii,  21.    Pf.  1,  16,  22.    m  M.t.  xviii,  17,  18.  1 


i 


XXXIit    L  ORDV    D  AY. 

Q^  £  j.  What  are  n  the  keys  of  the  kingdom  cf  hca~ 
ilk  ?  n  Mat.  xvi.  19. 

A.  The  preaching  °  pf  the  gofpel,  and  Chrif- 
tian  difcipiine,  ?  or  excommunication  out  of  the 
Chriflian  church  ;  by  thefe  two,  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  opened  to  believers,  and  (hut  againit  all 
unbelievers. 

o  John  x*.  23.    p  Mat.  xviii.  1  5  — ^  1 3 . 

Q^  84.  Ho'iv  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven  opened  and 
font  by  tie  preaching  of  the  holy  go f pel  ? 

A.  Thus  ;  when  according  to  the  command  of 
(Thrift,  it  is  declared  '  and  publicly  teftihed  to  all 
and  every  bt'iever  that  whenever  thev  r  receive 
the  promife  of  the  gofpel  bv  a  true  faith,  all  their 

§Mat.  XTYVb  *£*  r  John  iii,  iS,  $6.  Mark  xvi,  16, 


382 


Of  Thankfuinefs. 


fins  are  really  forgiven  them  of  God,  for  the  fake 
of  Chrift's  merits  ;  and  on  the  contrary,  when  it 
is  declared  and  teftified  to  all  unbelievers,  and 
iuch  as  do  not  fincerelv  repent,  that  they  ftand 
expoied  to  the  wrath  of  God,  and  eternal s  con- 
demnation, fo  long  as  they  are  l  unconverted  : 
According  to  which  teftimony  of  the  goipel,  God 
■will  judge  them  both  in  this,  and  the  life  to  come. 

s  2  Thefy  i,  7,  8,  o.  t  John  xx,  21,  22,  23.  Mat. 
xvi,   19.     Rom.  ii,  2,  17. 

Qi  8  5. /Ho  if  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven  fhut  and  0- 
fened  by  (ihrijtian  difcipline  ? 

A.  Thtis  ;  when  according  u  to  the  command 
of  Chrifti  thofe  who  under  the  name  of  Chriltians 
maintain  doctrines,  or  practices  v  inconiiftent 
therewi/h  ;  will  not,  after  having  been  often 
brother/y  admonilhed,  renounce  their  errors  and 
wicked  courfe  of  life,  are  complained  of  to  the 
church  ;  x  or  to  thofe  who  are  thereunto  y  ap- 
pointed by  the  Church  ;  and  if  they  defpife  their 
admonition,  z  are  by  them  forbid  the  ufe  of  the 
iaemments  ;  whereby  they  are  excluded  from  the 
Christian  church  and  by  God  himielf  from  the 
kingdom  of  Chrift  ;  and  v/hen  they  promife  and 
fhevv  rsal  amendment,  are  ag?.in  »  received  as 
members  of  Chrift  and  his  church. 

u  Mat.  xviii,  17.  v  1  Cor.  v,  12.  x  Mar.  xviii, 
15:,  18,  y  Rom.  xii,  7,  8,  9.  iCor.  xii,28.  1  Tim. 
v,  17.  2  Thef.  iii,  14.  z  Mat.  xviii,  17.  I  Cor.  v, 
3,  4,  7.     a  2  Cor.  ii,  6,  7,  8,  10,  11.     Lukt  xv,  18. 


THE    THIRD    PART. 

Of    THANKFUL  N  ESS. 

XXXIld    L  O  R  DV    D  A  Y. 

Q.  86.  Since  then  <vje  are  delivered  from  cvr  mife- 
ery,  merely  of  grace,  through  Chriji,  without,  any  merit 
if  ours  ;   why  mujl  nee  fill  do  good  works  ? 

A.  Bccauie  that  Ciirht.    having  redeemed  and 


Of  ConveiTion.  383 

delivered  us  by  his  blood,  alfo  renews  us  by  his 
holy  Spirit,  after  his  own  image  ;  that  lb  we  may 
teifify  by  the  whole  of  our  conduct,  our  gratitude 
*  to  God  for  his  bleflings,  and  that  he  may  be  *> 
praifed  by  us  :  Alfo,  that  every  one  may  be  e  af- 
iured  in  himfeif  of  his  faith,  by  the  fruits  thereof ; 
and  that  by  our  godly  converiation  others  may 
be  d  gained"  to  Chrift. 

a  1  Cor.  vi,  19,  20.  Rora.  vi,  13,  and  xii,  1,  2, 
b  1  Peter  ii,  y,  9,  10.  c  2  Peter  i,  10.  Gal.  iii,  6, 
23.     d  1  Peter  iii,  1,  2.     Mat.  v,   16.     Rom.  xiv,  19. 

Q^  87.  Cannot  they  then  be  faved,  nvho  continuing 
in  their  wicked  and  ungrateful  lives,  are  not  eon-verted 
to  God. 

A.  By  no  means  ;  for  the  holy  fcriptiire  de- 
clares e  that  no  unchafte  perfon,  idolater,  adulte- 
rer, thief,  covetous  man,  drunkard,  flanderer, 
robber,  or  any  fuch  like,  fhall  inherit  the  king- 
dom of  God.  e  1  Cor.  vi,  9,  10.    Eph.  v,  <$. 

1  John  iii,  14,  15      Gal.  v,  22. 

XXXIIId    L  O  R  D's    DA  Y. 

CK  SO.  In  how  many  parts  doth  the  true  converjion 
of  man  confijl  P 

A.  In  two  parts  ;  in  r  the  mortification  of  the 
old,  and  in  the  quickening  of  the  new  man. 

f  Rom.  vi,  4,  y,  6.  Eph.  iv,  22,  23.  Col.  iii,  ?. 
I  Cor.  v,  7. 

Q,   What,  is  the  mortification  of  the  old  man  ? 

A.  It  is  a  g  fincere  farrow  of  heart,  that  we 
have  provoked  God  by  our  iins  ;  and  more  and 
more  to  flee  from  them,  g  Pf.  li,  3,  8,  17.  Luke 
xv,   18.     Rom.  viii,  13.     Joel  i,  12,  13. 

Q.   90.   What  is  the  quickening  of  the  new  man  ? 

A.  It  is  a  iincere  joy  of  heart  in  God,  through 
Chrift  ;  h  and  with  love  and  •  delight  to  live  ac- 
cording to  the  will  of  God  in  all  good  works. 

h  Rom.  v,  1,2,  and  xiv,  17.  If.  lvii,  15.  i  Rom. 
vi,  10,  11.    1  Peter  iv,  2.    Gal.  ii,  20. 


384  Of  the  Ten  Commandments. 

Q^  9 1 .  But  what  are  good  works  ? 

A.  Only  thole  which  proceed  from  a  true  * 
faith,  are  performed  according  to  the  law  1  of  God 
and  to  his  m  glory  ;  and  not  inch  as  are  n  founded 
on  our  imaginations,  or  the  inftruftions  of  men. 

k  Rom.  xiv,  23.  1  1  Sam.  xv,  22.  Eph.  ii,  2,  10. 
rn  1  Cor.  x,  31.  n  Deu.  xii,  31,  Ez,  xx,  18.  Mat. 
xv,  19. 


XXXIVth    L  O  R  D\f    DAY. 

CK   92.   What  is  the  law  of  God  P 

A.  God  fpake  all  theie  words,  (Exod.  xx. 
Deut.  v.)  faying,  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  which 
hath  brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out 
of  the  houfe  of  bondage. 

1.  Com.  Thou  ihait  have  no  other  gods  before 
me. 

2.  Com.  Thou  (halt  not  make  unto  thee  any 
graven  image,  nor  the  likenefs  of  any  thing  that 
is  in  heaven  above,  or  in  the  earth  beneath,  or  in 
the  water  under  the  earth.  Thou  (hah  not  bow 
down  to  them,  nor  ferve  them  ;  for  I  the  Lord 
thy  God  am  a  jealous  God,  viliting  the  iniquitv 
of  the  fathers  upon  the  children,  unto  the  third 
and  fourth  generation  of  them  that  hate  me,  and 
(hewing  mercy  unto  thoufands  of  them  that  love 
me  and  keen  my  commandments. 

3.  Com.  Thou  (halt  not  take  the  name. of  the 
Lord  thy  God  in  vain  ;  for  the  Lord  will  not  hold 
him  guiltlefs,  that  taketh  his  name  in  vain. 

4.  Com.  Remember  the  Sabbath  day,  to  keep 
it  holy,  fix  days  (halt  thou  labor,  and  do  all  thy 
work,  but  the  feventh  day  is  the  Sabbath  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  :  In  it  thou  (halt  do  no  manner  of 
work,  thou,  nor  thy  fon,  nor  thy  daughter,  thy 
man-iervant,  nor  thy  maid-fervant,  nor  thy  cat- 
tle, rur  the  (hanger  that  is  within  thy  gates. 
For  in  fix  div#  the  Lord  aide- .Heaveu  and  earth, 


Of  the  Ten  Commandments.     385 

the  fea,  and  all  that  iri  them  is,  and  refted  the 
feventh  day  ;  wherefore  the  Lord  bleffed  the 
Sabbath  day  and  hallowed  it. 

6.  Com.  Honor  thy  father  and  mother,  that  thy 
days  may  be  long  in  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  giveth  thee. 

6.  Com.  Thou  (hall  not  kill. 

7.  Com.  Thou  (hall  not  commit  adultery, 

8.  Com.  Thou  (halt  riot  fteai. 

9.  Com.  Thou  mall  not  bear  falfe  witnefs  a- 
gainft  thy  neighbor. 

10.  Com.  Thou  fhall  not  covet  thy  neighbor's 
houfe,  thou  lhall  not  covet  thy  neighbor's  wife, 
nor  his  man-fervant,  nor  his  maid-lervant,  nor 
his  ox,  nor  his  afs,  nor  any  thing  that  is  thy 
neighbors. 

Q.  93.  How  are  thefe  ten  commandments  divided  ? 

A.  Into  two  n  tables  ;  the  •  firft,  which  teach- 
es how  we  mult  behave  towards  God  ;  the  fecond, 
what  duties  we  owe  to  our  neighbor. 

n  Ex.  xxxiv,  28,  29.    Deu.  iv,  13,  and  x,  3,  4. 

o  Mat.  xxii,  37,  38,  39. 

Ch   94.  What  doth  God  enjoin  in  thefirjl  command? 

A.  That  I,  as  fmcerely  as  I  defire  the  falva- 
tion  of  my  own  foul,  avoid  and  flee  from  all  idol- 
atry, p  force ry,  q  footh-faying,  fuperftition,  r  in- 
vocation of  faints,  or  any  other  creatures,  and 
learn  s  rightly  to  know  the  only  true  God  ;  l  truit 
in  him  alone,  with  humility  u  and  patience,  v  fub- 
mit  to  him,  x  expect  all  good  things  from  him  on- 
p  1  Cor.  vi,  9,  10.  and  x.  7,  14.  q  Lev.  xviii* 
21.  Den.  xviii,  10,  u,  12.  r  Mac.  iv,  10.  Rev, 
xix,  lo.  s  John  xvii,  3.  t  Jer.  xvii,  y,  7.  u  Heb„ 
x,  36.  Col.  i,  11.  Rom.  v,  3,  4.  Phil',  ii,  14. 
v  1  Pet.  v,  j,  6.  x  Pf.  civ,  27.  Ifa.  xlv,  7, 
James  i,  1,7. 

W 


3B6    Of  the  Ten  Commandments. 

ly  ;  *  love,  2  fear,  and  *  glorify  him  with  my 
whole  keart :  So  that  I  renounce  »>  and  forfake 
all  creatures,  rather  than  c  commit  even  the  leaft 
thing  contrary  to  his  will. 

y  Deu.  vi,  5.  Mat.  xxii,.  37.  2  Deu.  vi*?.  Mat. 
x,  28.  a  Mat.  iv,  10.  b  Mat.  v,  29,  30.  Acts  v,  29. 
Mat.  x,  37.    c  Mat.  v,  19. 

CK   9  5 .   What  is  idc  latry  ? 

A.  Idolatry  is,  inftead  of,  or  befides  that  one 
true  God,  who  has  manifeftetf  himfelf  in  his  word, 
to  contrive,  or  have  any  other  object  in  which 
men  place  their  tiuft.    c  ' 

c  2   Chr.  xvi,  12.  Fiiii.  iii,  19.  Gal.  iv,  8,  Eph, 


XXX  Vth    L  O  R  D  '  s    DAY. 

Q^  90.  What  doth  God  requite  in  the  fourth  corrfc 
viand  ? 

A,  That  we  in  no  wife  «  reprefent  God  ly  im- 
ages, nor  worfhip  *  him  in  any  other  stay  than  he 
has  commanded  in  his  word. 

c      Deu.  iv,    15.  If.    xl,  r8.  Rom.  i.  23,   &c.  AiU 
xvii,  29.    d  1  Sam.  xv,  23.  Deu.  xii,  30. 

Q^  97.  Are  images  then  not  at  all  to  he  made  •' 

A.  God  neither  can,  nor  e  may  be  represented 
by  any  means  :  But  as  to  creatures,  though  they 
may  be  reprefented,  yet  God  forbids  to  make,  or 
have  any  refembiance  of  them  either  in  order  to 
worihip  them,  *  or.  to  ierve  God  by  them. 

eDeu.iv,  15,  16.  If.  xlvi,  5.  Rom.  ^23.  f  Ex. 
xxiii,  24,  and  xxxiv,  13,  14.  Num.  xxxiii.  fi.  Deu. 
\ii.  J. 

Q.  9S.  Bat  way  vot  images  he  tolerated  in  the 
thurches,  as  bocks  to  the  laity  ? 

A.  No  !  for  we  muft  not  pretend  to  be  wifer 
than  God,  who  will  have  his  people  T  taught  not 
by  dumb  images,  h  but  by  the  lively  preaching  of 
his  word,     g  2  Tim  iii,  16.    2  Tet.  i,  19.    h  Jer,  x, 


Of  the  Ten  Commandments.    387 

XXXVIth    LORD'r    DA  Y. 

O.  99.  What  is  required  in  the  third  commandment  ? 

A.  That  we,  not  only  by  curiing  or'  perjury  ; 
feut  alfo  by  *  rate  I  wearing,  muff  not  profane  the 
name  of  God  ;  nor  by  fiitmce  or  connivance  be 
partakers  of  theCe  horrible  fins  in  others  ;  and 
briefly,  that  we  uie  the  holy  name  of  •  God  no  o- 
therwife  than  with  fear  and  reverence  ;  fo  that  he 
may  be  rightly  m  confeffed  and  a  worfhipped  by 
us,  and  be  glorified  in  all  our  °  words  and  works. 
i  Lev.  xxiv,  n,  and  xix»  12.  k  Mat.  v,  37.  Lev. 
v,  4,  1  If.  xiv,  25,  14.  m  Mat.  x,  32.  n  Tira,  ij, 
%,    o  1  Cor.  iii,  16,  17. 

Q.  100.  Is  then  the  profaning  of  God? s  name  by 
/wearing  and,  jcurjingfo  heinous  a  Jin,  that  his  nvrath 
is  kindled  againji  thofe  who  do  not  endeavor  as  much 
<GS  in  them  lies,  to  prevent  andforbidfucb  curjlng,  and. 
/wearing  f 

A.  It  undoubtedly  is,  *  for  there  is  no  fin  grea- 
ter, or  more  provoking  to  God,  than  the  profan- 
ing of  his  name  ;  and  therefore,  he  has  command- 
fid  this  *  fin  to  be  punifhed  with  death. 
g  Lev.  v,  1.    ^Lev.  xxiv,  15. 


XXXVIIth    L  O  KD';    DA  % 

Q^  to  1.  May  nve  thenfiue&r  religioujlv  by  the  name 
•of Cods'  •     " 

A.  Yes  ;  either  when  the  magiftrates  demand 
.it  of  die  fubje6ts,  or  when  neceflity  requires  us 
thereby  to  confirm"  fidelity  and  truth  to  the  glo. 
ry  of  God,  and  the  fafety  of  our  neighbor  ;  for 
fuch  an  oath  is  s  founded  on  God's  word.,  and 
therefore  was  juftly  *  ufed  by  the  faints,  both  in 
the  old  and  new  teltament. 

r  Ex.  xxii,  11.  Nehem.  xiii,  %%.  s  Deut.  vi,  13, 
Heb.  vi.  16.  t  Gen.  xxi,  24.  J  of.  ix,  iy,  .19.  1  Sam. 
xxiv,  22.     2  Cor.  i,  23.    Rom.  i,  9. 


388     Of  the  Ten  Commandments. 

Q^  102.  May  ive  alfofwear  by  faints  or  any  other 
creature  ? 

A.  No  ;  for  a  lawful  oath  is  calling  upon  God, 
as  the  only  one  who  knows  the  heart,  that  he  will 
bear  witnefs  to  the  truth,  and  punifh  me  if  I  fwear 
*'  falfly  ;   which  honor,  is  v  due  to  no  creature. 

u  z  Cor.  j,  23.    v  Mat.  v,  34,  35. 

XXXVIIIth    LORD';    DA  Y. 

Q^  1 03.  What  doth  God  require  in  the  fourth  com- 
mand ? 

A.  Firft,  that  the  miniftry  of  the  gofpel,  and 
the  fchools  be  x  maintained  ;  and  that  I,  eipecial- 
ly  on  the  Sabbath,  7  that  is  on  the  day  of  reft,  z 
diligently  frequent  §  the  church  of  God,  to  hear 
his  word,  to  uie  the  iacraments  *  publicly,  to  call 
Upon  the  Lord,  and  contribute  to  the  relief  of 
the  H  poor,  as  becomes  a  Chriftian.  Secondly, 
that  all  the  days  of  my  life  I  ceafe  from  my  evil 
works,  and  yielding  myfelf  to  the  Lord,  to  work 
by  his  holy  Spirit  in  me  :  and  thus  e  begin  in  this 
life  the  eternal  Sabbath. 

x  Tit.  i,  5.  1  Tiro,  iii,  14,  if.  I  Cor.  ix,  11.  z 
Tim,  ii,  2,  and  iii,  iy.  y  Lev.  xxiii,  3.  z  Acts  ii;, 
42,  46.  1  Cor.  xiv,  19  20,  31.  §  1  Cor.  xi,  33.  a 
I  Tiro,  ii,  1.    b  1  Cor.  xvi,  2.     c  If.  lxvi,  23. 

XXXIXth    LORD'/    D  A  ¥. 

Q.  104.  What  doth  God  require  in  the  fifth  com- 
mand ? 

A.  That  I  fhew  all  honor,  love  and  fidelity,  to 
my  father  and  mother,  and  all  in  authority  over 
me,  and  *  fubmit  myfelf  to  their  good  instruction 
and  correction,  with  due  obedience  ;  and  alfo  pa- 
tiently bear  with  their  e  weaknefles  St  infirmities, 
fvnee  it  pleafes  f  God  to  govern  me  by  their  hand. 

d  Eph.  vi,  1,  2,  &c.  Col.  iii,  18,  20.  Eph.  v,  *a, 
Rom.  i,  31.  e  Pro.  xxiii.  22.  f  Eph.  v,  4,0.  Col, 
ji,  10,  21.    Rom.  xiii.    Mat.  xxii,  21. 


Of  the  Ten  Commandments.    389 

XLth    LORD';    D  A  Y. 
Q^   105.   What  doth  God  require  in  the  fixth  com- 
mand ? 

A.  That  neither  in  thoughts,  nor  words,  nor 
gc '.lures,  much  left?  in  deeds,  I  difhonor,  hate, 
wound  or  s  kill  my  neighbor,  by  myfelf  or  by  a- 
nother  ;  but  that  I  lay  h  afide  all  clefire  of  revenge  : 
alio,  that  I  *  hurt  not  myfelf  or  wilfully  expofe 
myl'elf  to  any  danger.  Wherefore  alfo,  the  magif- 
trate  k  is  armed  with  the  (word  to  prevent  murder. 
g  Mat.  v,  21,  22.  Pro  xii,  18.  Mat.  xxvi,  72, 
h  Eph.  iv,  26.  Rom.  xii,  19.  Mat.  ix,'  39,  40.  i 
Ma:,  iv,  y,  6,  7.  Col.  ii,  23.  k  Gen.  ix,  5.  Mat. 
xxvi,  52.     Rom.  xiii,  4. 

Q.    106.  But  this  command  feems  only  to  f peak  of 
■murder  P 

■  A.  In  forbidding  murder,  God  teachs&  us,  that 
he  abhors  the  caufes  thereof  ;  fuch  as  J  envy,  j* 
hatred,  n  anger,  and  defire  of  revenge  ;  and  that 
"he  accounts  all  thefe  as  murder. 
_  1  James  i,  20.  G?A.  v,  20.  m  Rom.  i,  20,  n  1 
John  ii,  f).     o  1  John  iii.  15". 

Q.  107.  But  is  it  enough  that  we  do  not  kill  any 
man  in  the  manner  mentioned  above  ? 

A.  No  ;  for  when  God  forbids  envy,  hatred 
^and  anger  ;  he  commands  us  to  p  love  our  neigh- 
bor as  ourfelves  ;  to  ihew  q  patience,  peace,  r 
meeknefs, s  mercy,  and  all  kindnefs  towards  him, 
~~  and  prevent  his  hurt  as  much  as  in  us  lies  ;  and 
<that  we  a  do  good,  even  to  our  enemies. 

p  Mat.  xxii,  39,  and  vfi,  12.  q  Rom.  xii,  10.  r 
Eph.  iv,  a.  Gal.  vi,  1,  2.  Mat.  v,  5",  Rom.  xii,  18; 
■s  £x.  xxiii,  5".     t  Mat,  v,  4?.     u  Rom.  xii,  20. 


XLIft    LORD';    DAY. 

Q.   108.  What  doth  the  feventh  command  teach  ui  ? 
A.  That  all  uncleannefs  is  accurfed  r  of  GocL 

Wi 


ggo   Of  the  Ten  Commandments. 

and  that  therefore  we  muft  with  all  our  hearts  x 
detelt  the  fame,  and  live  y  chaftely  and  temperate- 
ly whether  in  *  holy  wedlock,  or  in  a  fingle  life. 

v  Lev.  xviii,  27.  x  Judges  xxii,  23.  y  1  Thef. 
iv,  3,  4.     z  Heb.  xiii,  4.     1  Cor.  vii,  4,  9. 

(<L  109.  Doth  God  forbid  in  this  command,  only 
adultery,  andfucb  like  grofsfins  P 

A.  Since  both  our  body  and  foul  are  temples  of 
the  Holy  Ghoft,  he  commands  us  to  preferve  them 
pure  and  holy  ;  therefore  he  forbids  all  unchalte 
actions,  §  gefiures,  words,  thoughts,  *  defires,  and 
&  whatever  can  entice  men  thereto. 

$  Eph.  v,  3.     1  Cor.  vi,  18.    a  Mat.  iii,  28. 

i?  £ph.  v,  il.     1  Cor.  xv,  33. 


XLIId    LORD';    DAY. 

Q.  no.  What  doth  God  forbid  in  the  eighth  com- 
mand ? 

A.  God  forbids  not  only  thofe  c  thefts  and  4 
robberies  which  are  punifhable  by  the  magiftrate  ; 
but  he  comprehends  under  the  name  of  theft,  all 
wicked  tricks  and  devices,  whereby  wc  defign  to 
e  appropriate  to  ourfelves  the  goods  which  belong 
to  our  neighbor  ;  whether  it  be  by  force,  or  un- 
der the  appearance  of  right  ;  as  by  unjuft  f 
weights,  ells,  s  meafures,  fraudulent  mcrchan- 
chandize,  falie  coins,  t>  uiury,  or  by  any  other 
way.  forbidden  by  God  ;  as  alio  all  \  covetoufheis  ; 
all  abuie  and  wafte  of  his  gifts. 

c.  1  Cor.  vi,  iq.     d  1   Cor.  v,  10.    e  Luke  iii,  sc 
l  Thef.  iv,  6.     f  Pro.  xi,  1.     g  Ezek.  xlv,  £.,  10,  1 1. 
peu.  xxv,  13.  h  PL  xv,  j.  Lu.  vi,  3-5.  i  I  Cor.  vi,  10. 

Q.  xxr.  Rut  ivmat  doth  did  require  in  this  com- 
mand f 

A.  That  I  promote  the  advantage  of  my  neigh- 
bor in  every  inftance  I  can  or  may  ;  and  ueai 
with  him  as  I  k  defiie  to  be  dealt  with  by  others  j 

£  Mat.  vii,,  12. 


Of  the  Ten  Commandments.   39 « 

further  alfo  that  I  faithfully  labor,  fo  that  I  i  may 
be  able  to  relieve  the  needy, 
i  Prov.  v,  16.    tph.  it,  28. 


XLIIId    L  ORD'j    DAY. 

Q.  r  1 2 .  What  is  required  in  the  ni.ith  command  p 
A.  That  I  bear  falfe  witnefs  m  againft  no  man  ; 
nor  faiiify  n  any  man's  words  :  that  I  be  no  back- 
biter, °  or  flanderer  ;  that  I  do  not  judge,  or  join  p 
in  condemning  any  man  rallily  or  unheard  ;  but 
that  I  q  avoid  all  forts  of  lies  and  deceit,  as  the 
proper  works  r  of  the  devil,  unlefs  I  would  bring- 
down upon  me  the  heavy  wrath  of  God  :  like- 
wife  that  in  judgment  and  all  other  dealing  I  love 
the  truth,  lpeak  it  uprightly  s  and  confefs  it  :  alfo 
that  I  defend  and  promote,  r  as  much  as  I  am  able, 
tiii-  honor  and  good  character  of  my  neighbor. 

m  Pro.  xix,  y,  9,  &  xxi,  28.  n  Pf.  vi,  3.  o  Rom. 
f,  29.  p  Mat.  vii,  I,  oCc.  Luke  vi,  37.  q  Lev.  xix. 
II.  r  Pro.  xii,  22,  &  xiii,  5.  s  1  Cor.  xii'i,  6.  Eph. 
iv,  zj.    z  1  Peter  iv,  8. 

Q.    113.    What  doth  the   tenth   command  require 

A.  That  even  the  fmalieft  inclination  or 
thought,  contrary  to  any  of  God's  commano^ 
never  rife  in  our  hearts  ;  but  that  at  ail  times  we 
hate  ail  lin  with  ojr  whole  hearts,  u  and  delight 
in  all  nghteoufnefs. 

u  Romans  vii,  7,  &C. 

Ch  114.  But  can  thofe  <wbo  are  converted  to  God% 
perfectly  keep  thefe  ctmyriaiids  ? 

A.  No  ;  but  even  the  hoiieft  men  will  in  this, 
life,  have  only  fmall  beginnings  of  this  v  obedi- 
ence, yet  fo  that  with  a  *  iincere  reiblution  chey 
begin  to  live,  not  only  according  to  fome,  but  ail 
the  commands  of  God. 

v  Rom.    vii,  14.    x  Rom.    vii,   22,  xv,  §cc.  Ja. 


392  Of  Prayer. 


Q.  115.  Why  nvill  God  have  the  ten  commands  Jo 
Jlriclly  preached,  fince  no  man  in  this  life  can  keep 
them  t 

A.  Firft,  that  all  our  life  time,  we  may  learn  y 
more  and  more  to  know  our  finful  nature,  and 
thus  become  the  more  earned  in  feeking  the  re- 
miffion  of  lin,  *  and  righteoufnefs  in  Chrilt  :  like- 
wife,  that  we  conftantly  endeavor  and  pray  to 
God  for  the  grace  of  the  holy  Spirit,  that  we  may 
become  more  and  more  conformable  to  the  image 
of  God,  till  we  arrive  at  the  perfection  propofed 
to  us,  in  a  life  to  come.* 

y  1  John  i,  9.    Pf.  iii,  2^  y.    2  Rom.  vii.  24. 

*  1  Cor.  ix,  24.     Phil,  iii,  12,  13,  14. 


Of    PRAYER. 
XLVth    L  ORD'j    D  AY. 

Q^  1  t  6.   Why  is  prayer  necejfary  for  Chriflians  ? 

A.  Becaufe  it  is  that  chief  part  of  fc  thankful- 
nefs  which  God  requires  of  us  :  and  alfo  becaufe 
God  will  give  his  grace  and  holy  Spirit,  to  thofe 
only  who  with  fmcere  defires  continually  atk  them 
of  him,  and  c  are  thankful  for  them. 

bPfalml,  if.  c  Mat.  vii,  7,  8.  Luke  xi,  9,  13. 
Mar.  km,  12.    Pfalm  1,  15-. 

Q^  117.  What  are  the  requifites  of  that  prayer \ 
which  is  acceptable  to  God,  and  -which  he  nvill  hear  ? 

A.  Firfl ,  that  we  from  the  heart  pray  to  one 
true  God  only,  who  hath  d  manifefled  himfelf  in 
his  word,  for  all  things  he  hath  commanded  us  to 
aik  of  him  :  Secondly,  that  we  rightly  and  tho- 
roughly know  our  need  and  mifery,  that  fo  we 
may  e  deeply  humble  ourfelves  in  the  pretence  Of 
his  divine  Majefty  :  Thirdly,  that  we  be  fully 
perfuaded  that  he,  notwithftanding  we  are  t  un- 
worthy of  it,"  will  for  the  fake  of  Chrift  our  Lord, 
4johniv,  22.    e  Rom.  viii,  26,     1  John  v,  14. 

t'John  iv,  23,  24.  If.  cxlv,  18. 


Of  Prayer.  393 

certainly  *  hear  our  prayer,  as  he  has  *  promifed 
us  in  his  word. 

g  2  Chr.  xx,  12.  g  Pf.  ii,  II,  ?nd  xxxiv,  18,  19. 
Ha.  lxvi,  2.  h  Rom.  x,  14,  and  viii,  15,  16.  James 
i,  6,  &c.  John  xiv,  13.  Dan.  ix,  17,  18.  Mat.  vii, 
8.    Pf.  cxliii,  1. 

Q.  118.  What  has  God  commanded  us  to  ajk  of 
him  r 

A.  All  'l  things  neceffary  for  foul  and  body  ; 
which  Chrift  our  Lord  has  comprifed,  in  that 
prayer  he  himielf  k  has  taught  us. 

i  James  i,  17.  Mat.  vi.  33.  k  Mat.  vi,  9,  10, 
&c.  Luke  xi,  2,  &c. 

Q^  119.    What  are  the  ivordt  of  that  prayer  P 

A.  Our  Father  which  art  in  heaven,  hallowed 
be  thy  name.  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will 
be  done  on  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven.  Give  us 
this  day  our  daily  bread,  and  forgive  us  our  debts, 
as  we  forgive  our  debtors,  and  lead  us  not  into 
temptation  :  but  deliver  us  from  evil.  For  thine 
is  the  kingdom,  the  power,  and  the  glory,  for 
ever.    Amen.        

XLVIrti    LORD'/    DAY. 

Q.  120.  Why  has  Chrift  commanded  us  to  addrefs 
GodTbus,  u  OurFatherP" 

•  A.  That  immediately,  in  the  very  beginning 
of  our  prayer,  he  might  excite  in  us  a  child-like 
reverence  for,  and  confidence  in  God,  which  are 
the  foundation  of  our  prayer  ;  namely,  that  God 
is  become  our  :Father  in  Chrift,  >  and  will  much 
lefs  deny  us  what  we  aik  of  him  in  true  faith  than 
our  parents  m  will  refufe  us  earthly  things. 

1  Mat.  vi,  9.  m  Mat.  vii,  9,  io,  11.  Luke  xi,  II. 
Ifa.  xlix,  iy. 

Q^  i2t.  Why  is  ft  here  added,  "  which  art  in 
heaven  P" 

A.  Left  we  mould  form  any  n  earthly  concep- 
n  Jer.  xxiii,  24.    Acts  xvii,  24. 


394  Of  Prayer. 

tions  of  God's  heavenly  Majefty,  and  that  we  *  t 
may  expect,  from  bis  mighty  power  all  things  en- 
ceffary  for  foul  and  body.         o  Rom.  x,  12. 


XLVIIth    L  O  R  D\r    DAY. 

Q.    122.   Which  is  the  firjl  petit io;z  ? 

A.  p  "  Hallowed  be  thy  name."  That  is,  grant 
us  firft  rightly  q  to  know  thee,  and  to  r  fanciify, 
glorify  and  praife  thee,  in  all  thy  works,  in  which 
thy  power,  wifdom,  goodnefs,  j  aft  ice,  mercy,  and 
truth,  are  clearly  difplayed  ;  *  and  further  alfo, 
that  we  may  fo  order  and  direct  our  whole  lives, 
our  thoughts,  words  and  actions,  as  that  thy  name 
may  never  be  blafphemed,  but  rather  honored 
and  praifed,  on  our  account. 

p  Max.  vi,  9.  q  John  xvii,  3.  Jer.  ix,  23,  24 
Mar.  xvi,  17.  James  i,  5.  Pf.  cxix,  137,  138.  Luke 
i.,  46.    Pf.  cx-iv,  8,  9.    s  Pf.  cxv,  1.  and  ixxi,  8. 


XLVIIIth  L  O  R  D\r  DA  Y. 
Q.  123.  Which  is  the  fecond  petition  P 
A.  r  "  Thy  kingdom  come."  That  is,  rule  us 
fo  by  thy  word  and  Spirit,  that  we  may  u  fubmit 
ourfelves  more  and  more  to  thee  ;  preferve  and 
n  increafe  thy  church,  deftroy  the  x  works  of  the 
devil,  and  all  violence  which  would  exalt  itfelf  a- 
gainit  thee  ;  and  alfo  all  wicked  counfels  devifed 
againft  thy  holy  word  ;  till  the  full  r  perfection  oi 
thy  kingdom  takes  place,  *  wherein  thou  malt  be 
all  in  all. 

t  Mat.  vi,  10.  u  Mat.  vi,  3?.  Pf.  cxix,  ?.  v  Pf. 
H,  18.  xi  Jobniii,  8.  Rom,  xvi,  20.  y  Rev.  xxii, 
17,  20.     z  1  Cor.  xv,  28. 


XLIXth    L  O  R  D'j    DA  Y. 

Q^  124.   Which  is  the  third  petition  ? 
A.  a  "  Thy  will  be  done  on  earth  as  it  is 
a.  Mat.  vi,  20. 


Of  Prayer.  395 

heaven."  That,  is,  grant  that  we  and  all  men  may 
renounce  b  our  own  will,  and  without c  murmur- 
ing obey  thy  will  which  is  only  good  ;  that  fo  ev- 
ery one  may  attend  to  and  *  perform  the  duties  of 
his  ftation  and  calling,  as  willingly  and  faithfully, 
as  the  e  angels  do  in  heaven. 

bMat.xvi,24.  Tit.  ii,  12.  c  Lu.  xxii,  42.  dx 
Cor.  vii,  24.    Eph,  iv,  1.   e  Pfalm  ciii,  20. 

Lth    L  O  RD'-f    DAY. 

Q,  125.  Which  is  the  fourth  petition  P 
A.  *  "  Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread." 
That  is,  be  pleafed  to  provide  us  with  all  things 
6  necefiary  for  the  body,  that  we  may  thereby  ac- 
knowledge thee  to  be  the  only  fountain  of  "all  L 
good,  and  that  neither  our  care  nor  induftry,  nor 
even  thv  gifts,  can  *  profit  us  without  thy  blef- 
fmg,  and  therefore  that  we  may  withdraw  our 
trull  from  all  creatures,  and  place  *  it  alone  in 
thee. 

f  Mat.  vi,  11.  g  Pf.  cxlv,  iy.  Mat.  vi,  25",  &c. 
h  Ads  xvii,  25,  &  xiv,  17.  i  1  Cor.  xv,  f8. 
Deu.  viii,  3.  If.  cxxvii,  1,  2.  k  Pf.  lxii,  n,  and 
lv,  23. 

Lift    LORD',    D  AY. 

Q^  126.   Which  is  the  fifth  petition  P 

A.  ]  "  And  forgive  us  our  debts,  as  we  forgive 
our  debtors."  That  is,  be  pleaied  for  the  fake  of 
Chrift's  blood,  m  not  to  impute  to  us  poor  tinners, 
our  tranigreffkms,  nor  that  depravity  which  al- 
ways cleaves  to  us  ;  even  as  we  feel  this  evidence 
of  thy  grace  in  us,  that  it  is  our  firm  refoiutioii 
from  the  heart,  to  u  forgive  our  neighbor, 

1  Mat.  vi,  2.    m  Pf.  Ii,  1,     1  John  11,  \„  2. 

n  Mat.  viij  14.  ij. 


396  Of  Prayer. 

Llld    LORD';    DAY. 

Q.    127.    Which  is  the  Jixth  petition  ? 

A.  •  "  And  lead  us  not  into  temptation,  but  de- 
liver us  from  evil."  That  is,  fince  we  are  fo  weak 
in  ourfelves,  that  we  cannot  Hand  T  a  moment,  and 
befides  this,  fince  our  mortal  enemies,  the  devil, q 
the  r  world,  and  our  own  '  fleih,  ceaie  not  to  af- 
fault  us ;  do  thou  therefore  preferve  and  ftrength- 
en  us  by  the  power  of  the  holy  Spirit,  that  we 
may  not  be  overcome  in  this  fpiritual  warfare  ; 
1  but  conftantly  and  ftrenuoufly  may  relift  our 
foes,  till  at  laft  we  u  obtain  a  complete  vi&ory. 

o  Mat.  vi,  13.  p  John  v,  y.  Pf.  ciii,  14.  q  1  Pet. 
v,  8,  r  Eph.  vi,  12.  John  xv,  19.  s  Rom.  vii,  2J. 
Gal.  v,  17.    t  Mac.  xxvi,  41.    Mark,  xiii,  33. 

u  I  Thef.  iii,  13,  aud  v,  23. 

Q^  128.  Hoiv  dojl  thou  conclude  thy  prayer  ? 

A.  x  "  For  thine  is  the  kingdom,  the  power, 
and  the  glory  for  ever."  That  is,  ail  thefe  we  afk 
of  thee,  becaufe  thou  being  our  King  and  Almigh- 
ty, art  willing  and  able  to  y  give  us  all  good  ;  and 
all  this  we  pray  for,  that  thereby,  not  we,  but  thy 
holy  name  may  *  be  glorified  for  ever, 
x  Mat.  vi,  13.  y  Rom.  x,  12.  2  Peter  ii,  9. 
z  John  xiv,  13.     Pf.  cxv,  11.     Phil,  iv,  20. 

Q.    129.   What  doth  the  word  "  Amen'  Jig  nify  / 

A.  a  "  Amen,"  lignhies,  it  mall  truly  and  cer- 
tainly be,  for  my  prayer  is  more  affuredly  heard  of 
God,  than  I  feel  in  my  heart,  that  I  delire  thefe 
things  of  him. 
a  2  Cor.  i,  20.    2  Tim.  ft,  13. 


THE  END  OF  THE  CATECHISM 


A 
COMPENDIUM 

OF       THE 

CHRISTIAN  RELIGION, 

FOR    THOSE    WHO    INTEND    TO    APPROACH 

The   HOLY   SUPPER  of  the   LOR.D. 


!•   Q^    TTOIV many  things  are  neceffary  for  thee  t9 
■*•  -*•    know,  that  thou,  enjoying  real  comfort, 
mayejl  live  and  die  happily  ? 

A.  Three  :  Firft,  how  great  my  fins  and  mife- 
ries  are  :  The  fecond,  how  I  may  be  delivered 
from  all  my  fins  and  miferies  :  The  third,  how  I 
(hall  exprefs  my  gratitude  to  God  for  fuch  de- 
liverance. 

The     FIRST     PART. 

Of  the  Mifery  cf  Man. 

%.   Q.    Whence  knaioejl  thou  thy  mifery  ? 

A.  Oat  of  the  law  of  God. 

3°   Qj.  What  hath  God  commanded  thee  in  his  law  P 

Ac  That  is  contained  in  the  ten  command- 
ments, which  he  hath  revealed  in  icripture,  as 
follows  : 

Exodus  xx,  and  Deut.  v,  4,  5,  Etc.  I  am  the 
Lord  thy  God  which  brought  thee  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt,  out  of  the  houie  of  bondage. 

i/2  Corn.  Thou  malt  have  no  other  gods  before 
me. 

id  Comr  Thou  fhalt  not   make  unto  thee  any 


39 8      A  Compendium,  Sec. 

graven  image,  or  any  likenefs  of  any  thing  that  is 
in  heaven  above,  or  that  is  in  the  eatth  beneath, 
or  that  is  in  the  water  under  the  earth.  Thou 
flialt  not  bow  down  thyielf  to  them  :  For  I  the 
Lord  thy  God  am  a  jealous  God,  vifiting  the  ini- 
quities of  the  fathers  upon  the  children,  unto  the 
third  and  fourth  generation  of  them  that  hate  me  ;  * 
and  fhewing  mercies  unto  thoufands  of  them  that 
love  me,  and  keep  my  commandments, 

3d  Co?n.  Thou  ihalt  not  take  the  name  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  in  vain  :  For  the  Lord  will  not  hold 
him  guiltlefs,  that  taketh  his  name  in  vain. 

4th  Com.  Remember  the  Sabbath-day,  to  keep 
it  holy  ;  lix  days  flialt  thou  labor  and  do  all  thy 
work  ;  but  the  feventh  day  is  the  Sabbath  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  ;  in  it  thou  flialt  not  do  any  work, 
thou,  nor  thy  fon,  nor  thy  daughter,  thy  man-fer- 
vant,  nor  thy  maid-fervant,  nor  thy  cattle,  nor 
the  ftranger  that  is  within  thy  gates.     For  in  fix 
days  the  Lord  made  heaven  and  earth,  the  lea,  and    ' 
all  that  in  them  is,  and  relted  the  feventh  day  :    | 
wherefore  the  Lord  bleffed  the  Sabbath-day,  and    1 
hallowed  it. 

$tb  C<*m.  Honor  thy  father  and  thy  mother  that 
thy  days  may  be  long  upon  the  landr  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee. 

6th  Com.  Thou  (halt  not  kill, 

jth  Com.  Thou  flialt  not  commit  adultery. 

&fb  Com.  Thou  flialt  not  Ileal. 

$tb  Com.  Thou  lhalt  not  bear  falfe  witnefs  a- 
gainft  thy  neighbor. 

10th  Com.  Thou  flialt  not  covet  thy  neighbor's 
houfe,  thou  flialt  not  covet  thy  neighbor's  wife, 
nor  his  man-fervant,  nor  his  maid-icrvant,  nor  his 
ox,  nor  his  afs,  nor  any  thing  that  is  thy  neigh- 
bor's. 

4.  Q^  If oiv  are  the  ten  commartdmeiitt  divided  P 

A.  Into  two  tables. 


I 


A  Compendium,  &c.       399 

5.  Q.  Which  is  the  fum  of  what  God  requires  of 
thee  in  the  four  commandments  of  thefirfl  table  ? 

A.  That  I  lhall  Love  the  Lord  my  God  with  all 
my  heart,  with  all  my  foul,  with  all  my  mind,  and 
with  all  my  ftrength  :  This  is  the  firit  and  great 
commandment. 

6.  Q^  Which  is  the  fum  of  what  God  commands 
thee  in  the  fix  commandments  of  the  fecond  table  ? 

A.  That  I  mail  love  my  neighbor  as  myfe-lf : 
On  thefe  two  commandments  hang  the  whole  law 
and  the  prophets. 

7.  Q^  Canji  thou  keep  all  thefe  things  perfectly  P 
A.  In  no  wife  :  For  I  am  prone  by  nature,  to 

hate  God  and  my  neighbor  ;  2nd  to  tranfgrefs  the 
commandments  of  God  in  tho't,  word    and  deed* 

S.  Q.  Hath  God  created  thee  naturally  fo  wicked 
and  perzerfe  P 

A.  By  no  means  :  But  he  created  me  good, 
and  after  his  own  image,  in  the  true  knowledge 
of  God,  in  righteoulnefs  and  in  holiness. 

9.  CL  Whence  theft  proceeds  that  depravity  which 
is  in  thee  ? 

A.  From  th£  fall  and  difobedience  of  Adam  and 
Eve,  in  Paradife,  hence  our  nature  is  become  io 
corrupt,  that  we  are  all  conceived  and  born  in  iln. 

10.  Q.   What  was  the  difobedience  ?, 

A.  That  they  did  eat  of  the  fruit  of  the  tree 
which  God  had  forbidden  them. 

11.  Q.  Does  the  difobedience  of  Adam  cosicsr:?  us  P 
A.  Certainly  :  For  he  is  the   father  of  us  all"; 

and  we  have  all  finned  in  him. 

12.  Q^  Are  we  then  incapable  cf  doing  any  good  of 
eurfel-ves  ;  and  prone  to  all  jnanner  of  wickednefs  P 

A.  Indeed  we  are  :  unlets  we  are  regenerated 
by  the  Spirit  of  God. 

13.  Q^  lYill  God  fujferfuch  difobedience  and  cor-* 
ruption  to  go  u?7pU7iijhcd  ? 

A.  By  no  mesas  :  But  in   his  judgment  will 


4°o        A  Compendium.   &c. 

punifh  them,  both  in  time  and  eternity,  as  it  \s 
written  :  Curied  is  every  one  that  continueth 
not  in  all  things,  which  are  written  in  the  book 
©f  the  law  to  do  them. 


The     SECOND     PART. 

Of  Man  s  Deliverance  out  of  his  Mifery. 

14.  Q^  By  what  means  canjl  thou  efcape  this  pun- 
ifhment^  and  be  again  received  into  favor  p 

A.  By  fuch  a  Mediator,  who  is  in  one  perfon 
very  God,  and  a  real  righteous  man. 


1 5  •  Ql  Who  is  that  Mediate 


A.  Our  Lord  Jeius  Chrift,  who  in  one  perfon, 
is  true  God,  and  a  real  righteous  man. 

16.  Ch  Could  not  the  -angels  be  our  mediators  ? 
A.  No  :  For  they  are  neither  God  nor  men. 

17.  Q.   Cannot  the  faints  be  our  mediators  P 

A.  No  :  For  they  themfelves  have  finned,  and 
have  obtained  falvation  by  no  ether  means  than 
this  Mediator. 

18.  Q.  Shall  all  men  then  be  five  d  by  the  Media- 
tor j'efus,  as  they  are  all  condemned,  in  Adam  ? 

A.  No  :  But  thofe  only  who  receive  him  by  a 
true  faith  :  As  it  is  written,  John  iii,  16.  "  For 
G  )d  fo  loved  the  world,  that  he  gave  his  only  be- 
gotten Son,  that  whofoever  believed  injuria  mould 
not  perifh,  but  have  eternal  life**' 

19.  Ch   What  is  true  faith  ? 

A.  It  is  a  certain  knowledge  of  God,  and  of 
his  promifes,  revealed  to  us  in  the  goipeh  and  an 
hearty  confidence  that  ail  my  fins  art  n  me, 

for  Chrift's  fake. 

20.  Q^  W hat  is  the  fan  of  that  Hvkich  God  hath 
protnifed  in  the  gofoel,   and  commanded  us  Lc  believe  ? 

A.  That  is  comprehended  in  the  twelve  arti- 
cles of  the  Catholic  Chriftiatl  fclt] 
.73  ; 


A  Compendium,  Sec.        401 

1.  I  believe  in  God  the  Father  Almighty,  Ma- 
ker of  heaven  and  earth. 

2.  And  in  Jeius  Chrift  his  only  begotten  Son 
our  Lord  : — ■ 

3.  Who  was  conceived  by  the  Holy  Ghoft, 
born  of  the  Virgin  Mary. 

4.  Suffered  under  Pontius  Pilate,  was  crucifi- 
ed, dead  and  buried.     He  defcended  into  hell. 

5.  The  third  day  he  rofe  again  from   the  dead. 

6.  Pie  afcended  into  heaven,  and  fitteth  on  the 
right  hand  of  God  the  Father  Almighty. 

7.  From  thence  he  (hall  come  to  judge  the  quick 
and  the  dead. 

S.  I  believe  in  the  HoJyGjioft. 

9.  I  believe  an  holy  Catholic  church  ;  the 
communion  of  faints. 

10.  The  forgivenefs  of  fins. 

11.  The  refurreclion  of  the  body. 

12.  And  the  life  everlafting, 

11.  Q^  When  yen  frofefs  to  helieve  in  God  the 
Father,  and  the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghoji,  do  you  mean 
three  gods  thereby  ? 

A.  In  no  wife  :  For  there  is  but  one  only  true 
God. 

%%.  Q.  Why  do  you  then  name  three,  the  Father ', 
the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghcjl  ? 

A.  Becaufe  God  hath  fo  revealed  himfelf  in 
his  word,  that  thefe  three  diiYinct  perfons,  are 
the  only  one  and  true  God;  as  we  alio  are  bap- 
tized in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son, 
and  of  the  Holy  Ghoft. 

23.  Q.  What  believejl  thou  when  thou  fayeji,  "  I 
belier-e  in  God  the  Father  Almighty,  IMaker  of  heaven 
and  earth  ?i% 

A.  That  the  eternal  Father  of  our  Lord  Jefus 
ChriiT,  who  of  nothing  made  heaven  and  earth, 
and  flili  upholds  them  by  his  providence  ;  is  my 
God  and  Father,  for  Chrift  his  Son's  fake. 


402        A  Compendium,   <lc. 

24.  Q^  What  believejl  thou  when  thou  fuyejl^ 
4i  and  in  Jefus  Chriji  bis  inly  begotten  Son  our  L  \r&  r"' 

A.  That  Jefus  Chriic  is  the  eternal  ana  only 
Son  of  the  Father,  co-effential  with  God  the  Fa- 
ther, and  the  Holy  Ghoft. 

25.  Q^  Do  you  not  believe  thai  he  alfo  became 
man  t 

A.  Yes  :  For  he  was  conceived  by  the  Holy 
Ghoft,  and  born  of  the  Virgin  Mary. 

2 6.  Q.  Is  his  god-head  then  changed  into  human* 
ity? 

A.  No  :  For  the  god-head  is  immutable. 

%-j.   Q^  Ho<w  is  he  then  become  tnan  r 

A.  By  affuming  the  human  nature  into  a  per- 
fonal  union  with  his  divine. 

a 8.  Q^  Did  he  then  bring  his  human  nature  from 
heaven  ? 

A.  No  :  but  he  took  it  on  him  of  the  Virgin 
Mary,  by  the  operation  of  the  Holy  Ghoft  ;  and 
is  thus  become  like  unto  his  brethren  in  all  things, 
fin  excepted.     Heb.  ii,   17.  and  iv,   15. 

29.  Q^  Why  is  he  called  Jefus,  that  is  a  Saviour  ? 
A.  becauie  he  faves  his  people  from  their  fins. 

30.  Q.   Is  there  no  other  Saviour  P 

A.  No  :  For  there  is  none  other  name  under 
heaven  given  among  men,  whereby  we  muft  be 
laved,  than  in  the  name  of  Jems.     Acls  iv,   12. 

31.  Q^  Why  is  he  called  Chrijjt,  thai  is  anointed  ? 
A.  Becauie   he  was   anointed   with  the  Holy 

Ghoft,  and  ordained  by  Goi  the  Father,  to  be 
our  chief  Prophet,  our  only  High  Prieit,  and  our 
eternal  King. 

32.  (X;  What  then  hath  Jefus  Cbrift  do  is  to  five  us? 

A.  He  has  fuftered  for  us,  was  crucified  air<!  died, 
was  buried,  and  descended  into  hell  ;  that  iz  he 
fuffered  the  torments  of  hell,  and  thus  became  obe- 
dient to  his  Father,  that  he  mignt  deliver  us  from 
the  temporal  and  eternal  punilhment  due-  to  fin. 


A  Compendium,  &c.       403 

33.  Q.  In  which  nature  hath  he  fuffered  this  ? 
A.  Only  in  his  human  nature,  that  is,  in  foul 

and  body. 

34.  Q^_  What  hath  then  his  God-head  contributed 
hereto  ? 

A.  His  god-heaJ.  by  its  power,  hath  in  fuck 
wife  ftrengthened  the  affumed  human  nature,  that 
it  could  bear  the  burden  of  God's  wrath  againft 
fin,  and  deliver  us  from  it. 

35.  Q.  Did  Chrijl  then  remain  under  the.  fa  yajsf  of 
death  ? 

A.  No  :  But  he  rofe  from  the  dead  the  third 
day,  for  our  juftincation.     Rom  iv,  -25. 

2,6.  Q.  Where  is  Chrijl  now,  as  to  bis  human  nature  ? 

A.  He  is  afcendsd  into  heaven,  and  fits  at  the 
right  hand  of  God  the  Father,  that  is  exaited  in 
the  higheii  glory,  far  above  all  creatures.  Eph.  i, 
20,  21. 

37.  Q.   To  "what  end  is  he  there  fo  highly  exalted  ? 
A.  Particularly  that  he  might,    from   thence, 

govern  his   church,  and  there  be  our  Interceffor 
by  the  Father. 

38.  Q.  Is  he  not  then  -with  us  even  unto  the  end  of 
the  worlT,  as  be  hath  promifed,  Matt,  xxviii,  20  ? 

A.  With  refpect  to  his  goi-iiead,  majefty, 
grace  and  fpirit,  he  is  never  abfent  from  us :  but 
with  refpecl  to  his  human  nature  he  remains  in 
heaven,  until  he  (hall  come  again  to  judge  the 
quick  and  the  dead. 

Q^  39.  What  do  you  believe  concerning  the  Holy 
Ghojl  P 

A.  That  he  is  the  true  and  co-eternal  God  with 
the  Father  and  Son  :  And  that  he  being  given  to 
me  of  the  Father,  through  Chrift,  regenerates  me, 
and  leads  me  into  ail  truth,  comforts  me  and  will 
abide  with  me  for  ever. 

40.  Q^What  believejl  thou  concerning  the  holy 
catholic  church  ? 


404        A  Compendium,  &c. 

A.  That  the  Son  of  God  gathers  by  his  word 
and  Spirit  out  of  the  whole  human  race,  thole 
who  are  chofen  to  eternal  life,  to  be  a  church  to 
himfelf  ;  of  which  I  believe  I  am,  and  always 
ihall  remain,  a  living  member. 

41.  Q^  Where  doth  he  gather  this  church  ? 

A.  Where  God's  word  is  purely  preached,  and 
the  holy  faeraments  administered  according  to  the 
inftitution  of  Chrift. 

42.  CK  What  benefits  doth  God  beflonv  on  hit 
church  ? 

A.  He  grants  her  remiffion  of  fins,  the  re  fur - 
reftion  of  the  flefh,  and  eternal  life. 

43.  CL  TV  hat  doth  it  profit  thee  ?ioiv  that  thou  be- 
lievejl  all  this  ? 

A.  That  I  am  righteous  in  Chrift  before  God, 
Rom.  v,  1. 

4 4.  Q.  How  art  thou  righteous  before  God  ? 
A.  Only  by  a  true  faith  in  Jefus  Chrift. 

'45.  CK  How  is  it  to  be  underflood  that  thou  art 
jitjlified  by  faith  only? 

A.  Thus :  that  the  perfect  Satisfaction  and  righ- 
teoufnefs  of  Chrift  alone,  is  imputed  to  me  of  God, 
by  which  my  fins  are  forgiven  me,  and  I  become 
an  heir  of  everlasting  life  ;  and  that  I  cannot  re- 
ceive this  righteoufneSs  by  any  other  means  than 
by  faith. 

46.  Ch  Why  cannot  our  good  works  be  our  right- 
eoufnefs before  God,  or  fame  part  thereof  ? 

A.  Becauie  even  our  beft  works  in  this  life,  are 
imperfect  and  polluted  with  fins. 

47.-  Q.  Bo  our  good  works  then  merit  nothing, 
which  yet  God  will  reward  i?i  this,  and  in  a  futuie 
life  ? 

A.  This  reward  is  not  given  out  of  merit  but 
of  grace. 

48.  CL   Who  worketh  that  faith  in  U  ■ 

A.  The  Holv  Ghoft. 


A  Compendium,  &c.       405 

49.  Q^  By  what  means  ? 

A.  By  the  hearing  of  the  word  preached. 
Rom.  x,  14,  17. 

50.  Q^  How  does  bejlrengtben  that  faith  ? 

A.  By  the  fame  word  preached,  and  by  the  life 
of  the  holy  facraments. 

5 1 .  Q^  What  are  the  facraments  ? 

A.  They  are  holy  figns  and  feals  inftituted  by 
Gc*l,  thereby  to  allure  us,  that  he  of  grace  grants 
us  remiffion  of  fins,  and  life  eternal,  for  the  fake  of 
that  one  facrifice  of  Chrift  fmiihed  on  the  crofs. 

52.  Ch  How  many  facraments  bath  Chrijl  inftituted 
in  the  New-Tefament  ?. 

A.  Two  :  Holy  baptifm  and  the  holy  fupper. 

53.  Q.   What  is  the  outward  fign  in  baptifm  ? 

A.  The  water  with  which  we  are  baptifed  in 
the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the 
Holy  Ghoft. 

54.  Q.   What  doth  that  fgnify  andfeal  ? 

A.  The  warning  away  of  our  fins  by  the  blood 
and  Spirit  of  Jefus  Chrift. 

55.  Q.  Where  hath  Chrijl  promifed  and  affured  us 
of  this  ? 

A.  In  the  institution  of  baptifm,  which  is  as 
follows,  "  Go  ye  into  all  the  world,  and  preach 
the  gofpel  to  every  creature.  He  that  believeth 
and  is  baptifed  (hall  be  faved,  but  he  that  believeth 
not  (hall  be  damned." 

5<5.   Q^  Are  infants  alfo  to  be  baptifed? 

A.  Yes :  For  they  as  well  as  the  adult  are  com- 
prehended in  the  covenant  of  God,  and  in  his 
church. 

57.  Q^  Which  is  the  outward fign  in  the  Lord's 
fupper  P 

A.  The  broken  bread  which  we  eat,  and 
the  poured    out  wine  which  we  drink,  in   re- 

x  2 


406       A  Compendium,  Sec. 

membrance  of  the  fufferings  and  death  of  Chrift. 

5S.   Q^  IV bat  is  thereby  jignified  and  fealed  ? 

A.  That  Chrift  with  his  crucihed  body,  and 
Hied  blood,  feeds  and  nouriihes  our  fouls  to  ever- 
lafting  life. 

5$.  Q^  Where  hath  Chrijl  promifed  fuch  things 
to  us  ? 

A.  In  the  inftitution  of  the  Lord's  fupper, 
which  is  thus  expreffed,  by  St.  Paul,  1  Cor.  xxiii, 
24,  25,  26.  "  For  I  have  received  of  the  Lord, 
tn:t  which  alfo  I  delivered  unto  you,  that  the 
Lord  Jefus  the  fame  night  in  which  he  was  be- 
trayed, took  bread  :  And  when  he  had  given 
thanks,  he  brake  it,  and  laid,  take  eat  ;  this  is  ray 
body  Which  is  broken  for  you  :  This  do  in  re- 
membrance of  me.  After  the  fame  manner  alio 
he  took  the  cup,  when  he  had  fupped,  faying, 
this  cup  is  the  new  tenement  in  my  blood  :  Thi*s 
do  ye,  as  oft  as  ye  drink  it,  in  remembrance  of  me. 
For  as  often  as  ye  eat  this  bread,  and  drink  this 
cup,  ye  do  mew  the  Lord's  death  till  he  come. 

60.  Q.  Is  the  bread  changed  into  toe  body  6J 
Cbrift,  and  the  ivine  into  his  blood  ? 

A.  No  :  No  more  than  the  water  in  baptxfin  is 
changed  into  the  blood  oi  ChriiL 

6  1.  Q.  After  tvhat  manner  mujl  you  examine  your- 
elf  beforle  you  come  to  the  Lord 's /upper  ? 

A.  ill.  i  mult  examine  whether  I  abhor  my- 
Icd'formv  fms,  and  humble  myfelf  before  God 
on  account  cf  them.  ad.  Whether  I  believe  and 
truft  that  all  my  fins  are  forgiven  me  for  Chriit's 
idke.     3d.  Whether  I  alio   .  \zz~z  refclu- 

:d,  to  walk  in  all  good  W< 

6?..  •' 
ia\  who  teacb  falfc  doctrines,  or  i. 

•'.)  :    L-:u  the  covenant  of  God  be 
rath  kindled  aj> 


A  Compendium,   &c.        407 

63.   Q\  How  mvjl  we  then  deal  with  fuch  perfons  ? 

A.  According  to  the  appointment  ^iven  us  by 
Chrid,  Mat.  xviii,  15,  16,  17.  "  If  thy  brother 
trefpafs  againft  thee,  go  and  tell  him  his  fault  be- 
tween thee  and  him  alone  :  If  he  will  hear  thee, 
thou  haft  gained  thy  brother  :  Put  if  he  will  not 
hear  thee,  then  take  with  thee  one  or  two  more, 
that  in  the  mouth  of  two  or  three  witneffes  every 
word  may  be  eitabliihed  :  And  if  he  (hall  neglect 
to  hear  them,  tell  it  unto  the  church  :  But  if  he 
mall  negleft  to  hear  the  church,  let  him  be  unto 
thee,  as  an  heathen  man,  and  a  publican." 


The     THIRD     PART. 

Cf 'the  Gratitude  we  owe  to  God  for  Redemption. 

64.  Q\  Since  we  are  famed  merely  of  grace  through 
Chri/i,  why  mift  we  then  yet  do  good  works  ? 

A.  Not  to  merit  heaven  thereby  (which  Chrifb 
hath  done)  but  becaufe  this  is  commanded  me  of 
God. 

65.  Q\  What  purpofe  then  do  your  good  works 
anfwei'  ? 

A.  That  I  mould  thereby  teftify  my  thankful- 
nefs  to  God  for  ail  his  benefits,  and  that  he  may  be 
glorified  by  me  ;  and  that  alfo  I  may  be  allured  of 
the  lincerity  cf  my  faith  by  good  works  as  the 
fruits  thereof,  and  that  my  neighbors  may  be  edi*- 
£ed  thereby  and  gained  to  Chriit. 

66.  (X  Shall  they  alfo  be  fmied  who  do  no  good 
•wcr&s  ? 

A.  No  :  For  the  fcripture  faith,  that  neither 
fornicators,  nor  idolators,  nor  adulterers,  nor 
whoremongers,  nor  thieves,  nor  covetous,  nor 
cro nkards,  nor  re  vilers,  nor  robbers,  nor  fach  like, 
thai!  inherit  the  kingdom  of  God,  (1  Cor.  vi,  o, 
jo.)  unl'efs  they  turn  to  the  Lord. 

63.  Q,.   Wherein  doth  the  cmverfion  of  men  confji  ? 


4oS       A  Compendium,  &c. 

A.  In  a  hearty  repentence  and  avoiding  of  fin, 
and  in  an  earneft  defire  after,  and  doing  of  all 
good  works. 

6S.  Q.   What  are  good  works  P 

A.  Only  thofe  that  proceed  from  a  true  faith, 
are  done  according  to  the  law  of  God  and  to  his 
glory,  and  not  thofe  which  are  founded  on  human 
inftruciions,  or  on  our  own  imaginations. 

69.  Q^  Can  they  who  are  converted  to  God,  per- 
fectly keep  the  law  P 

A.  Not  at  all  :  But  even  the  molt  holy  men,  as 
long  as  they  are  in  this  life,  have  only  a  ("mail  be- 
ginning of  this  obedience  ;  yet  fo,  that  they  with 
a  fmcere  reiblution  begin  to  live  not  only  accord- 
ing to  fome,  but  according  to  all  the  coirnnr,:- 
ments  of  God,  as  they  alio  conftantly  pray  to  God 
that  they  may  daily  increafe  therein. 

70.  Q.   To  whom  mujl  we  pray  for  this  P 

A.  Not  to  any  creature,  but  to  God  alone,  who 
can  help  us,  and  will  hear  us  for  Jefus  (Thrift's  fake. 

71.  Q.   In  whofe  name  mujl  we  pray  to  God  ? 

A.  Only  in  the  name  of  Chriii  (John  xvi,  23.) 
and  not  in  the  name  of  any  faints. 

7  c1,  Q^   V/hat  mujl  we  pray  to  God  for  ? 

A.  For  all  things  neceflary  for  foul  and  body, 
which  Chriit  our  Lord  has  comprifed  in  that  play- 
er he  himfelf  has  taught  us. 

73.  Q^  fV/.at  are  the  words  of  that  prayer  P 

A.  Oar  Father  which  art  in  heaven,  hallowed 
be  thy  name.  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will 
be  done  in  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven.  Give  us  this 
day  our  drdily  bread.  And  forgive  us  our  debts, 
as  we  forgive  our  debtors,  and  lead  us  not  into 
temptation,  but  deliver  us  from  evil.  For  thine 
is  the  kingdom,  the  power,  and  the  glory  for  e- 
ver.     Amen. 

74.  Qj.   What  do  you  defire  of  God  2:1  this  pray ?r  ? 
A.   1  if.  That  all  tilings  which  tend  to  the  glory 


A  Compendium,  &c.        409 

of  God,  may  be  promoted,  and  that  whatfoever  is 
repugnant  thereto,  or  contrary  to  his  will,  may  be 

prevented,  2d.  That  he  may  provide  me  with 
all  things  necefiary  for  the  body,  and  as  to  my 
foul  preferve  me  from  all  evil,  which  might  in  a- 
ny  wife  be  detrimental  to  my  falvation.    Amen. 

[When  thole  peribns  who  are  inclined  to  be- 
come members  of  the  church,  thoroughly  know 
and  confefs  thefe  fundamental  truths  :  they  are 
then  to  be  aiked  whether  they  have  any  doubts 
in  any  point  concerning  the  dodtrine  ;  to  the  end 
that  they  may  be  iatisfied  :  And  in  cafe  any  of 
them  fhould  anfwer  in  the  affirmative,  endeavors- 
mult  be  uied  to  convince  them,  out  of  the  fcrip- 
tures  ;  and  if  they  are  all  fatisfied,  they  muft  be 
aiked,  whether  they  propofe,  by  the  grace  of  God, 
to  perievere  in  this  doctrine,  and  forfake  the 
world,  and  to  lead  a  new  Chriftian  life.  Laftly, 
they  are  to  be  aiked,  whether  they  will  fubmit 
themfelves  to  the'Chriftian  difcipline. 

Which  being  done,  they  are  to  be  exhorted  to 
peace,  love  and  concord  with  all  men,  and  to  re- 
conciliation if  there  is  any  variance  fublifting  be- 
tween them  and  their  neighbors. 

TJje  End  cfthe  Compendium  of  the  Chrijllan  Religion, 


THE 

CONFESSION  of  FAITH, 

Of  the  Reformed  Churches  in  the  Netherlands. 

Rez'ifed  in  the  National  Synod,  lajl  held  at  Dort,  in 

the  years  1618  and  19. 

ARTICLE     I. 

Thai  there  is  one  only  GOD. 

WE  all  believe  with  the  heart  andconfefs  with 
the  mouth,  that  there  is  one  only  and  fin- 
pie  fpiritual  Beinu;,  which  we  call  God  ;  and  that 
he  is  eternal,  incomprehenfible,  invifible,  immu- 
table, infinite,  almighty,  perfectly  wife,  jail,  good, 
and  the  overflowing  fountain  of  ail  good. 

x.     By  what  means  GOD  is  made  In  -iw^-u^P^-ns . 

We  know  him  by  two  means  :  firft,  by  the  cre- 
ation, preiervation.  and  government  of  the  uni- 
verfc  ;  which  is  before  our  eyes  as  a  molt  elegant 
book,  -..'herein  all  creatures  great  and  imall  are  as 
fo  many  characters  leading  us  to  contemplate  thl 
invifible  things  of  GOD,  namely,  his  eternal  power 
and  godhead,  as  the  ^poitie  Paul  faith,  Rom.  i,  20. 
All  which  things  art  fumcient  to  convince  men, 
and  leave  them  without  excufe.  Secondly,  he 
makes  himielf  more  clearly  and  fully  known  to 
us  by  his  holy  and  divine  word  ;  that  is  to  lay, 
as  far  as  is  neceffary  for  us  to  know  in  this  life, 
to  his  glory  and  to  our  falvation. 

3.     Of  the  written  word  of  GOD. 

We  confeft,  that  this  word  of  God,  was  not  lent 
nor  delivered  by  the  will  of  man,  but  the  holy  mm 
of  GOD  (pake  as  they  were  moved  by  the  Holy  Ghr.jl, 

as  the  apoftle  Y  :H:  faith.    And  that  afterwards 


The  Confeflion  of  Faith.       411 

God  from  a  ipecial  care  which  he  has  for  us  and 
our  falvation,  commanded  his  fervants  the  pro- 
phets and  apofties,  to  commit  his  revealed  word 
to  writing ,  and  he  himfelf  wrote  with  his  own  fin- 
ger, the  two  tables  of  the  law  :  Therefore  we  call 
f'uch  writings  holy  and  divine  fcriptures. 

4.     CauC7iical  books  of  the  holy  fcriptures. 

We  believe  that  the  holy  fcriptures  are  contain- 
ed in  two  books,  namely,  the  old  and  new  tefta- 
ment, which  are  canonical,  againft  which  nothing 
can  be  alledged  :  Thefe  are  thus  named  in  the 
church  of  God.  The  books  of  the  old  teftament 
are,  the  five  books  of  Moles,  viz.  Genefis,  Exo- 
dus, Leviticus,  Numbers,  Deuteronomy  :  the 
books  of  Jolhua,  judges,  Ruth,  two  books  of  Sa- 
muel, and  two  of  the  Kings,  two  books  of  the 
Chronicles,  commonly  called  Paralinomenon,  the 
firft  ox  Ezra,  Nehemiah,  Either,  job,  the  pfalms 
01  David,  the  three  books  of  Solomon,  namely  the 
Proverbs,  Ecciefiafxes,  and  the  Song  of  Songs  : 
the  four  great  prophets,  Ifaiah,  Jeremiah,  Ezeki- 
el,  and  Daniel  5  and  the  twelve  leffer  prophets, 
namelv,  tiofea,  Joel,  Amos,  Obadiah,  Jonah,  Mi- 
cab,  Nahum,  Habbakuk,  Zephaniah,  Haggai,  Ze- 
chariah,  Melachi. 

Thoie  of  the  new  teftament  are  the  four  evang- 
elifts,  viz.  Matthew,  Mark,  Luke,  and  John  >  the 
acts  of  the  apofties  :  The  fourteen  epifrles  of  the 
a  pottle  Paul,  viz.  one  to  the  Romans,  two  to  the 
Corinthians,  one  to  the  Galatians,  one  to  the  E- 
phefians,  one  to  the  Phiilippians,  one  to  the  Co- 
loffians,  two  to  the  Theffalonians,  two  to  Timo- 
thy, one  to  Titus,  one  to  Philemon,  and  one  to 
the  Htbrews  :  The  feven  cpiftles  of  the  other  a- 
y  fltl&s,  namely,  one  of  James,  two  of  Peter,  three 
of  Joha,  one  of  Jude  3  and  the  Revelation  of  the 
apoftle  John. 


412      The  Confeflion  of  Faith. 

5.  From  nubence  do  the  holy  fcriptures  derive  their 

dignity  and  authority. 
We  receive  all  thefe  books  and  thefe  only  as 
holy  and  canonical, for  the  regulation,  foundation, 
and  confirmation  of  our  faith  ;  believing  without 
any  doubt  all  things  contained  in  them,  not  io 
much  becaufe  the  church  receives  and  approves 
them  as  iuch,  but  more  efpecially  becaufe  the 
Holy  Ghoft  witnefieth  in  our  hearts,  that  they  are 
from  God,  whereof  they  carry  the  evidence  in 
themfelves  :  For  the  very  blind  are  able  to  petv 
ceive  that  the  things  foretold  in  them  are  fulfilling. 

6.  The  difference  betu>ee?i  the  cano?iical  and  apocry- 

phical  books. 

We  diflinguiili  thofe  facred  books  from  the  apo- 
cryphical,  viz.  the  third  and  fourth  bocks  of  Ef- 
dras,  the  books  of  Tobias,  Judith,  Wifdom,  Jefus 
Syrach,  Baruch,  the  appendix  to  the  book  of  Eit- 
her, the  Song  of  the  three  Children  in  the  furnace, 
the  hiftory  of  Sufannah,  of  Bell  and  the  Dragon, 
the  prayer  of  Manaffes,  and  the  two  books  of  the 
Maccabees  :  Ail  which  the  church  may  read  and 
take  inftruction  from  fo  far  as  they  agree  with  the 
canonical  books  :  But  thev  are  far  from  having 
fuch  power  and  efficacy,  as  that  we  may  from  their 
teitimony  confirm  any  point  of  faith,  or  of  the 
Chriiiian  religion  ;  much  lefs  to  detract  from  the 
authority  of  the  other  facred  books. 
j,  2  he  J '/efficiency  of  the  holy  fcriptures,  to  be  the  osi- 
iy  rule  of  faith. 

We  believe  that  thefe  holy  fcriptures, fully  con- 
tain the  will  of  God,  and  that  whatfoever  man 
ought  to  believe  unto  lalvation,  is  fufnciently 
taught  therein.  For  fince  the  whole  manner  of 
worlhip  which  God  requires  of  us,  is  writ  in  them 
at  large,  it  is  unlawful  for  any  one,  tho*  an  apoftle, 
to  teach  otherwife,  than  we  are  now  taught  in  the 
holy  fcriptures  :  Nay,  though  it  rjas  an  angel  from 


The  Confcllion  of  Faith.      413 

heaven,  as  the  apofcle  Paul  faith.  For  fmce  it  is 
forbidden,  to  add  nnto  or  take  aivay  any  thing  from 
the  word  of  God,  it  doth  thereby  evidently  appear, 
that  the  doctrine  thereof  is  rnoft  perfect  and  com- 
plete in  all  refpects.  Neither  may  we  compare 
any  writings  of  men^ho'  never  fo  holy,  with  thofe 
divine  fcriptures,  nor  ought  we  to  compare  cuf- 
tom,  or  the  great  multitude,  or  antiquity,  or  fuc- 
ceffion  of  times  or  peribns,  or  councils,  decrees  or 
ftatutes,  with  the  truth  of  God,  for  the  truth  is  a- 
bove  all  ;  for  all  men  are  of  themfelves  liars,  and 
more  vain  than  vanity  itfelf  :  Therefore,  we  re- 
ject with  all  our  hearts,  whatfoever  doth  not  agree 
with  this  infallible  rule,  which  the  apoftles  have 
taught  us  faying,  try  the  fpirits  whether  they  be  of 
GOD.  Likewife,  if  there  come  any  unto  you  and 
bring  not  this  doctrine,  receive  him  not  into  your  houfe. 
8.  That  GOD  is  one,  in  effence,  yet  neverthelefs  dif~ 
tinguifhed  in  three perfons. 
According  to  this  truth  and.  this  word  of  God, 
we  believe  in  one  only  God,  who  is  one  fmgle  ef- 
fence,  in  which  are  three  perfons,  really,  truly  and 
eternally  diftinct,  according  to  their  incommuni- 
cable properties  ;  namely  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 
and  the  Holy  Ghoft.  The  Father  is  the  caufe, 
origin  and  beginning  of  all  things  vifible  and  in- 
vifible  ;  the  Son  is  the  word,  wifdom,  and  image 
of  the  Father  ;  the  Holy  Ghoft  is  the  eternal  pow- 
er and  might,  proceeding  from  the  Father  and  the 
Son.  Neverthelefs  God  is  not  by  this  diftinclion 
divided  into  three;  fince  the  holy  fcriptures  teach 
us  that  the  Father,  and  the  Son,  and  the  Holy 
Ghoft,  hath  each  his  perfonaiity,  diftinguifhed  by 
their  properties ;  but  in  fuch  wife  that  thefe  three 
perfons  are  but  only  one  God.  Flence  then  it  is 
evident,  that  the  Father  is  not  the  Son,  nor  the 
Son  the  Father,  and  likewife  the  Ffoly  Ghoft  is 
neither  the  Father  nor  the  Son.      Neverthelefs 


4-T4        The  Confeflion  of  Faith. 

thefe  perfons  thus  diftinguifhed  are  not  divided, 
nor  intermixed  :  For  the  Father  hath  not  affirmed 
the  fleih,  nor  hath  the  Floly  Ghoft,  but  the  Son 
only.  The  Father  hath  never  been  without  his 
Son,  or  without  his  Holy  Ghoft :  For  they  are  all 
three  co-eternal  and  co-effential.  There  is  nei- 
ther firft  nor  laft,  for  they  are  all  three,  one,  in 
truth,  in  power,  in  goodnefs,  and  in  mercy. 
9.  T he  proof  of  the  foregoing  article  of  the  Trinity 
of  perfons  in  one  GOD* 
All  this  we  know,  as  well  from  the  teftimonies 
of  holy  writ,  as  from  their  operations,  and  chiefly 
by  thofe  we  feel  in  ourfelves.  The  teftimonies 
of  the  holy  fcriptures  that  teach  us  to  believe  this 
holy  Trimtv,  are  written  in  many  places  of  the 
eld  teftament,  which  are  not  fo  neceffary  to  enu- 
merate, as  to  chufe  them  out  with  diicretion  and 
judgment.  InGenefis,  Chap,  i,  26,  27.  God  faith: 
Let  us  make  man  in  our  own  image,  after  our  like- 
nefsi  &c  So  GOD  created  man  in  his  own  image, 
male  and  female  created  he  tkem.  And  Gen .  iii,  a  2 . 
behold  the  man  is  become  as  one  of  us*  From  this 
laying,  let  us  make  man  in  our  image ;  it  appears  that 
there  are  more  perfons  than  one  in  the  god-head  : 
And  when  he  faith,  GOD  created^  he  figniiies  the 
unity.  It  is  true  he  doth  not  fay  how  many  per- 
fons there  are,  but  that  which  appears  to  us  fome- 
what  obfeure  in  the  ol-d  teftament,  is  very  plain 
in  the  new.  For  when  our  Lord  was  baptifed  in 
Jordan,  the  voice  of  the  Father  was  heard,  faying, 
this  is  my  beloved  Son  :  The  Son  was  feen  in  the 
water,  and  the  Holy  Ghoft  appeared  in  the  lhape 
of  a  dove.  This  form  is  alfo  inftituted  by  Chrift 
in  the  baptifm  of  all  believers.  Baptiie  ali  na- 
tions, in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son, 
and  of  the  Holy  Ghoft.  In  the  gofpel  of  Luke, 
the  angel  Gabriel, thus  addreffed  Mary  the  mother 
of  our  Lord,  the  Holy  Chofifball  come  upon  thee,  and. 


The  Confeffion  of  Faith.        415 

the  power  of  the  H'ghejtjhall  oierfhadow  thee,  there- 
fore alfo  that  holy  thing  which  Jh'all  be  born  of  thee y 
Jfmll  be  called  the  Son  of  GOD  :  Likewife  the  grace 
of  our  Lord  Jefus  Chr>j',  and  the  love  of  God,  and 
tne  communion  or  the  Holy  Ghoft,  be  with  you. 
And  there  aTe  three  that  bear  record  in  heaven, 
the  Father,  the  Word,  and  the  Holy  Ghoft,  and 
theie  three  are  one.  In  all  which  places  we  are 
fully  taught,  that  there  are  three  peribns  in  one 
only  divine  efience.  And  although  this  doftrine 
far  furpafles  all  human  undcrftanding,  neverthe- 
less we  now  believe  it  by  means  of  the  word  of 
God,  but  expect  hereafter  to  enjoy  the  perfect 
knowledge  and  benefit  thereof  in  heaven .  More- 
over we  muft  obierve  the  particular  offices  and 
operations  of  theie  three  peribns  towards  us.  The 
Father  is  called  our  creator  by  his  power  ;  the 
Son  is  our  faviour  and  redeemer  by  his  blood  ;  the 
Holy  Ghoft  is  our  fan£tifier,by  his  dwelling  in  our 
hearts.  This  doctrine  of  the  holy  Trinity,  hatbt 
always  been  defended  and  maintained  by  the 
true  church,  fince  the  times  of  the  apoftles,  to  this 
very  day,againft  the  Jews,  Mahometans,  and  fome 
falfe  Chriftians  and  heretics,  as  Marcain,  Manes, 
Proxes,  Sabellius,  Samofatenus,  Arius,  and  fuch 
like,  who  have  been  juftly  condemned  by  the  or- 
thodox fathers.  Therefore,  in  this  point,  we  do 
willingly  receive  the  three  creeds,  namely  that  of 
the  Apoftles,  of  Nice,  and  of  Athanafius  :  Like- 
wife' that  which  conformable  thereunto,  is  agreed 
upon  by  the  ancient  fathers. 

10.   That  Jefus  Chrifl  is  true  and  eternal  GOD. 

We  believe  that  Jefus  Chrift,  according  to  his 
divine  nature,  is  the  only  begotten  Son  of  God, 
begotten  from  eternity, 'not  made  or  created,  (for 
then  he  fhould  be  a  creature)  but  co-effential  and 
co-eternal  with  the  Father,  the  exprefs  image  of  his 
pcrfon,  and  the  brighinefs  of  his  glory ;  equal  unto  him 


4i6       The  ConfefTion  of  Faith. 

in  all  things.  Who  is  the  Son  Of  God,  not  only 
from  the  time  that  he  aiYumed  our  nature,  but 
from  all  eternity,  as  thefe  tefti.monies  when  com- 
pared together,  teach  us.  Mofes  faith,  that  GOD 
treated  the  world;  and  John  faith,  that  all  things 
ivere  made  by  that  Word,  which  he  calleth  God  : 
And  the  apofile  faith,  that  GOD  made  the  world;  by 
his  Son.  Likewife,  that  GOD  created  all  things 
through  Jefus  Chrijl.  Therefore,  it  rnuft  needs 
follow,  that  he  who  is  called  God,  the  Word,  the 
Son,  and  Jefus  Chriil,  did  exift  at  that  time,  when 
all  things  were  created  by  him.  Therefore  the 
prophet  Micah  faith,  his  goings  forth  have  been  from, 
cf  eld,  from  everlajling.  And  the  apofile,  he  hath 
■neither  beginning  of  days,  nor  end  of  life  :  He  there-' 
fore  is  that  true,  eternal,  and  almighty  God, 
whom  we  invoke,  worfhip,  and  ferve. 

ii.    That  the  Holy  Ghq/i  is  true  and  eternal  GOD. 

We  believe  and.  confefs  alio,  that  the  Holy 
-Ghofl,  from  eternity  proceeds  from  the  Father 
and  Son  ;  ar.d  therefore  is  neither  made,  created, 
tior  begotten, but  only  proceedeth fr.om  both;  who 
in  order  is  the  third  perfon  of  the  holy  Trinity  ; 
of  one  and  the  fatfle  eiTence,  majefty  and  glory 
with  the  Father,  and  the  Son  ;  and  therefore,  is 
the  true  and  eternal  God,  as  the  holy  fcripture 
teaches  us. 

12.  Of  the  Creation. 

We  believe,  that  the  Father  by  the  Word,  that 
is  by  his  Son,  hath  created  of  nothing,  the  heaven, 
the  earth  and  all  creatures,  "s  it  feemed  gocd  un- 
to him,  giving  unto  every  creature  its  being, 
ihfipe,  form,  and  feveral  offices  to  ferve  its  Crea- 
tor. That  he  doth  alfo  ftill  uphold  and  govern 
them  by  his  eternal  providence,  and  infinite  pow- 
er, for  the  fervice  of  mankind,  to  the  end  that 
man  may  ferve  his  God.  He  hath  alio  created 
the  angels  good,  to  be  his  meffengers,  and  to 'ferve 


The  Confeflion  of  Faith.        417 

his  ele£t  ;  tome  of  whom  are  fallen  from  that  ex- 
cellency, in  which  God  created  them,  into  ever- 
lafting  perdition  :  And  the  others  have  by  the 
grace  of  God  remained  ftedfaft  and  continued  in 
their  primitive  ftate.  The  devils  and  evil  fpirits 
are  fo  depraved,  that  they  are  enemies  of  God 
and  every  good  thing,  to  the  utmoft  of  their  pow- 
er, as  murderers,  watching  to  ruin  the  church  and 
every  member  thereof,  and  by  their  wicked  fcrat- 
agems  to  deftvoy  all  ;  and  are  therefore  by  their 
own  wickednefs  adjudged  to  eternal  damnation, 
daily  expecting  their  horrible  torments.  There- 
fore, we  reject  and  abhor  the  error  of  Sadducees, 
who  deny  the  exiflence  of  fpirits  and  angels  :  and 
alio  that  of  the  Manichees,  who  affert  that  the. 
devils  have  their  origin  of  themfelves,  and  that 
they  are  wicked  of  their  own  nature,  without  ha- 
ving been  corrupted. 

13.  Of  Divine  Providence. 
We  believe  that  the  Tame  God,  after  he  had 
created  all  things  did  not  forfake  them  or  give 
.them  up  to  fortune  or  chance,  but  that  he  rules 
and  governs  them  according  to  his  holy  will,  fo 
that  nothing  happens  in  this  world  without  his  ap- 
pointment :  nevertheless,  God  neither  is  the  au- 
thor of,  nor  car.  be  charged  with  the  fins  which  are 
■committed.  For  his  power  and  goodnels  is  fo 
great  and  inccinprehenfible,  that  he  orders  and 
executes  his  work  in  the  moft  excellent  and  yiil 
manner,  even  then,  when  devils  and  wicked  men 
act  unjuilly.  And  as-  to  what  he  doth  fur 
human  underitanding,  we  will  not  curiouily  en- 
quire into  farther  than  our  capacity  will  admit 
.of  :  but  with  greatef:  humility  and  reverence  a- 
cicre  the  righteous  judgments  of  God  which  are 
hid  from  us,  contenting  ourfelves  that  we  are  dif- 
ciples  of  Chrift  to  learn  only  thole  things  which 
ifti  ^as  revealed  to  us  in  his  word,  without  tragi- 


4 : 8      The  Confeffion  of  Faith . 

greffing  thefe  limits.  This  doctrine  affords  us 
unfpeakable  confolation,  fmce  we  are  taught  there- 
by, that  nothing  can  befal  us  by  chance,  but  by 
the  direction  of  our  moft  gracious  and  heavenly 
Father  ;  who  watches  over  us  with  a  paternal 
care,  keeping  all  creatures  fo  under  his  power, 
that  not  a  hair  of  our  head  (for  they  are  ail  num- 
bered) nor  a  fparrow  can  fall  to  the  ground  with- 
out the  will  of  car  Father,  in  whom  we  do  entire- 
ly truft  ;  being  perfuaded,  that  he  fo  reftrains  the 
devil  and  all  our  enemies,  that  without  his  will 
and  permiffion,  they  cannot  hurt  us.  And  there- 
fore we  reject  that  damnable  error  of  the  Epicu- 
rians,  who  fay  that  God  regards  nothing  but  leaves 
all  things  to  chance. 

14.  Of  the  creation  and  fail  of  wan,  and  his  incapa* 
city  to  perform  what  is  truly  good. 
We  believe  that  God  created  man  cut  of  the 
duft  of  the  earth,  and  made  and  formed  him  after 
his  own  image  and  likenefs,  good  righteous,  and 
holy,  capable  in  all  things  to  will,  agreeable  to 
the  will  of  God.  But  being  in  honor,  he  under- 
stood it  not, neither  knew  his  excellency,  but  wil- 
fully fubjecied  himfelf  to  fin,  and  confequently  to 
death, andthe  curfe,  giving  ear  to  the  words  of  the 
devil.  For  the  commandment  of  life  which  he 
had  received,  he  tranfgreiTed  ;  and  by  fin  Separa- 
ted himfelf  from  God,  who  was  his  true  life,  ha- 
ving corrupted  his  whole  nature  ;  whereby  he 
made  himfelf  liable  to  corporal  and  fpiritual  death. 
And  being  thus  become  wicked,  perverfe  and 
corrupt  in  all  his  ways,  he  hath  loft  all  his  excel- 
lent gifts,  which  he  had  received  from  God,  and 
only  retained  a  few  remains  thereof,  which  how- 
ever are  fufficient  to  leave  man  without  excufe  ; 
for  ail  the  light  which  is  in  us  is  changed  intG 
darknefs,  as  the  fcriptures  teach  us,  faying  :  The 
h'jkt  ftnneth  in  darknefs,  and  the  darknefs  conrprehen- 


The  Confeflion  of  Faith.       419 

deth  it  not :  Where  St.  John  calleth  men  darknefs. 
Therefore  we  rejecl  all  what  is  taught  repugnant 
to  this,  concerning  the  free  will  of  man,  fince  man 
is  but  a  Have  to  fin  ;  and  has  nothing  of  himfe-lf, 
unlefs  it  is  given  him  from  heaven.  For  who  may 
pre  fume  to  boaft,  that  he  of  himfelf  can  do  any 
good,  fmce  Chrift  faith,  no  man  can  come  to  me,  ex- 
cept the  Father  -which  hath  fent  me,  draw  him  .'  Who 
will  glory  in  his  own  will,  who  underftands  that 
to  be  carnally  minded  is  enmity  agamft  God  r 
Who  can  fpeak  of  his  knowledge,  fincc  the  natural 
man  receiveth  not  the  things  of  the  Spirit  of  God  .?  In 
inert,  who  dare  fuggeft  any  thought,  fince  he 
-knows  that  we  are  not  fufficient  of  ourfelves  to 
think  any  thing  as  of  ourfelves,  but  that  our  i'uf- 
ficiency  is  of  God  ?  and  therefore,  what  the  a- 
poftle  faith  ought  juftly  to  be  held  fure  and  firm, 
that  God  worketh  in  us  both  to  will  and  to  do  of 
his  good  pleafure.  For  there  is  no  will  nor  un- 
derstanding, conformable  to  the  divine  will  and 
underftanding,  but  what  Chrift  hath  wrought  in 
man.  Which  he  teaches  us,  when  he  faith,  with- 
out me  ye  can  do  nothing. 

15.  Of  original  Jin. 
We  believe  that  thro'  the  diibbedience  of  Ad- 
am, original  fin  is  extended  to  all  mankind  ;  which 
.is  a  corruption  of  the  whole  nature,  and  an  hered- 
itary difeafe,  wherewith  infants  themfelves  ace 
infected  even  in  their  mother's  womb,  and  which 
produceth  in  men  all  forts  of  fin,  being  in  him  as 
a  root  thereof  ;  and  therefore  is  fo  vile  and  abom- 
inable in  the  fight  of  God,  that  it  is  fuincient  to 
condemn  all  mankind.  Nor  is  it  by  any  means 
abcliihed  or  done  away  by  baptifm  ;  fince  fin  al- 
ways iffues  forth  from  this  woiul  fource,  as  water 
from  a  fountain ;  notwithstanding  it  is  not  impu- 
ted to  the  children  of  God  unto  condemnation, 
but  by  his  grace  and  mercy  is   forgiven  them. 


420       The  Confeilion  of  Faith. 

Not  that  they  mould  reft  fecurely  in  fin,  but  that 
a  fenfe  of  this  corruption  mould  make  believers 
often  to  iigh,  defiring  to  be  delivered  from  this 
body  of  death.  Wherefore  we  reject  the  error  of 
the  Pelagians,  who  affert  that  fin  proceeds  only 
from  imitation. 

1 6.  Of  eternal  eleBion. 

We  believe,  that  all  the  poiterity  of  Adam,  be- 
ing thus  fallen  into  perdition  and  ruin,  by  the  fin 
of  our  firit  parents,  that  God  then  did  manifeft 
himfelf  fuch  as  he  is  ;  that  is  to  fay,  merciful  and 
jult.  Merciful,  fince  he  delivers  and  preferve3 
from  this  perdition  all  whom  he  in  his  eternal  and 
unchangeable  council  df  mere  goodnefs  hath  elec- 
ted in  Chriit  Jefus  our  Lord,  without  any  refpect 
to  their  works,  fvjl  in  leaving  others  in  the  fail 
and  perdition  wherein  they  have  involved  them- 
felves. 

17.  Of  the  recovery  of  fallen  mart. 

We  believe  that  our  moft  gracious  Gob  in  his 
admirable  wifdom  and  goodnefs,  feeing  that  man 
had  thus  thrown  himfelf  into  temporal  and  fpirit- 
uai  death,  and  made  himfelf  wholly  miferable,  was 
pleafed  to  feek  and  comfort  him  when  he  trem- 
bling fied  from  his  prefence,  promifing  him  that 
he  would  give  his  Son,  who  Ihould  be  made  of  a 
woman  to  brzrfe  the  bead  of  the  feipent,  and  make 
him  happy. 

18.  Of  the  incarnation  of  Jefus  drift. 

We  confels  therefore,  that  God  did  fulfil  the 
promife  which  he  made  to  the  fathers,  by  the 
mouth  of  his  holy  prophets,  when  he  fent  into 
the  world,  at  the  time  appointed  by  him,  his  own, 
onl  f  begotten  and  eternal  Son.  Who  took  upon  him 
i he  form  of  a  feriiant,  and  became  like  unto  man,  re- 
ally affirming  the  true  human  nature,  with  all  its 

rmities  fin    excepted,  being  conceived  in 
wciut  of  the  bleffed  Virgin  Mary,  by  the. po     •- 


The  Confeflion  of  Faith.        421 

ef  the  Holy  Ghoft,  without  the  means  of  man. 
And  did  not  only  afifume  human  nature  as  to  the 
body,  but  alio  a  true  human  foul,  that  he  might 
be  a  real  man.  For  fince  the  foul  was  loft  as  well 
as  the  body,  it  was  neceffary  that  he  mould  take 
both  upon  him  to  fave  both.  Therefore  we  con- 
fefs  (in  oppontion  to  the  herefy  of  the  anabaptifts, 
who  deny  that  Chrift  affirmed  human  flefh  of  his 
■mother)  that  Chrift  is  become  a  partaker  of  the 
fie  lb  and  blood  of  the  children  :  that  he  is  a  fruit 
of  the  loins  of  David  after  the  flefh  ;  made  of  the 
feed  of  David  according  to  the  flefh,  a  fruit  of  the 
womb  of  the  Virgin  Mary  :  made  of  a  woman  :  a 
branch  of  David  ;  a  fhoot  of  the  root  of  Jeffe  ; 
fprung  from  the  tribe  of  Judah  ;  defcended  from 
the  Jews  according  to  the  flefh  ;  of  the  feed  of 
Abraham,  fince  he  took  upon  him  the  feed  of  A- 
braham,  and  became  like  unto  his  brethren  in  all  things 
Jin  excepted ;  fo  that  in  truth  he  is  our  Immanuei, 
that  is  to  fay,  God  with  us. 

19.  Of  the  union  and  diftinBion  of  the  two  natures 
in  the  per/on  of  Chrift. 
We  believe  that  by  this  Conception,  the  perfoa 
of  the  Son,  is  infeparably  united  and  connected, 
with  the  human  nature.  So  that  there  are  not 
two  Sons  of  God,  nor  two  perfons,  but  two  na- 
tures united  in  one  fingl&  perfon,  yet  each,  nature 
retams  its  own  diftincl  properties.  As  then  the 
divine  nature  hath  always  remained  uncreated, 
without  beginning  of  days  orendoflifes  filling 
heaven  and  earth  :  alfo  hath  the  human  nature  no'c 
loft  its  properties,  but  remained  a  creature,  ha- 
ving beginning  cl  days,  being  a  finite  nature^  and 
retaining  all  the  properties  of  a  real  body.  And 
tho'  he  hath  by  his  refurredtion  given  immortali- 
ty to  the*  fame',  neverthelefs  he  hath  not  changed 

Y 


422       The  Confefiion  of  Faith. 

the  reality  of  his  human  nature  ;  for  as  much  as 
our  falvation  and  refurrection  alio  depend  on  the 
reality  of  his  body.  But  thefe  two  natures  are  fo 
clofely  united  in  on  perfon,  that  they  were  not 
feparated  even  by  his  death.  Therefore  that 
which  he  when  dying  commended  into  the  hands 
of  his  Father,  was  a  real  human  ipirit,  departing 
from  his  body  :  But  in  the  mean  time  the  divine 
nature  always  remained  united  with  the  human, 
even  when  he  laid  in  the  grave  :  And  the  god- 
head did  not  ceafe  to  be  in  him,  any  more  than  it 
did  when  he  was  an  infant,  tho'  it  did  not  fo  clear- 
lv  man  if  eft  itfelf  for  a  while.  Wherefore  we  con- 
fefs,  that  he  is  very  GOD  ;  and  very  man  :  Very 
God  by  his  power,  to  conquer  death  ;  and  a  ve- 
ry man  that  he  might  die  for  us  according  to  the 
infirmity  of  his  flefh. 

ao.     That  GOD  hath  man'fefted  his  right  eoufefs 
and  mercy  in  Chrifi. 

We  believe,  that  God  who  is  perfectly  merci- 
fuVand  juft.  fent  his  Son  to  affume  that  nature,  in 
which  the  difobedience  was  committed,  to  make 
fatisfaction  in  the  fame,  and  to  bear  the  puniih- 
ment  of  fin  by  his  moft  bitter  paflion  and  death. 
God  therefore  manifefted  his  juftice  againft  his 
Son,  when  he  laid  our  iniquities  upon  him,  and 
poured  forth  his  mercy  and  goodneis  on  us,  who 
were  guilty  and  worthy  of  damnation,  out  of 
mere  and  perfect  love,  giving  his  Son  unto  death 
for  us,  and  railing  him  for  our  juftirication,  that 
through  him  we  might  obtain  immortality  and 
life  eternal. 

21.     Of  the  faiisfaclion  cf  Chrijl   vur    only  1 
Prieft  fr  us. 

We  believe  that  Jems  Chrift  is  ordained  with 
an  oath  to  be  an  ererlaffcing  High  Prieit,  after  the 
order  of  Melchifedec.  Who  hath  prefented  him- 
felf  in    our  behalf  before  Ms  Father,  to  appeafe 


The  Confeffion  of  Faith.        423 

his  wrath  by  his  full  fatisfaclion,  offering  himfelf 
on  the  tree  of  the  crofs,  and  pouring  out  his  pre- 
cious blood  to  purge  away  our  fins  :  as  the  pro- 
phets had  foretold.  For  it  is  written,  he  was 
wounded  for  our  trangreflions,  he  was  bruifed  for 
iniquities  :  The  chaftifement  of  our  peace  was 
upon  him,  and  with  his  ftripes  we  are  healed  : 
He  was  brought  as  a  lamb  to  the  {laughter,  and 
numbered  with  the  tranfgreffors :  and  condemned 
by  Pontius  Pilate  as  a  malefaclor,  though  he  had 
firft  declared  him  innocent.  Therefore,  he  re- 
ftored  that  which  he  took  not  away,  and  fuffered, 
the  jufl  for  the  unjuft,  as  well  in  his  body  as  foul, 
feeling  the  terrible  punifhments  which  our  fins 
had  merited,  infomuch  that  his  fweat  became  like 
unto  drops  of  blood  falling  on  the  ground.  He 
called  out,  my  God  !  my  God  !  why  haft  tho!u 
forfaken  me  !  And  hath  fuffered  all  this  for  the  re- 
million  of  our  fins.  Wherefore  we  juftly  fay  with 
the  apoftle  Paul,  that  we  know  nothing,  but  Je- 
fus Chrift,  and  him  crucified,  we  count  all  things 
but  lofs  and  dung  for  the  excellency  of  the  know- 
ledge of  Chrift.  Jems  our  Lord  :  in  wrhofe  wounds 
we  find  all  manner  of  confolation.  Neither  is  it 
neceffary  to  feek  or  invent  any  other  means  of  be- 
ing reconciled  to  God,  than  this  only  facrifice, 
once  offered,  by  which  believers  are  made  per- 
fect for  ever.  This  is  alio  the  reafon  why  he 
was  called  by  the  angel  of  God,  Jefus,  that  is  to 
fay,  Saviour,  becaufe  he  mould  fave  his  people 
from  their  fins. 

ti .  Of  our  j  11ft  1  fi  cation  through  faith  i?i  Jefus  Chrift- 
We  believe  that  to  attain  the  true  knowledge 
of  this  great  myftery,  the  Holy  Ghoft  kindleth  in 
our  hearts  an  upright  faith  which  embraces  Jefus 
Chrift,  with  all  his  merits  appropriates  him  and 
feeks  nothing  more  befides  him.  For  it  muft 
needs  follow,  either  that  all  things  which  are  re- 


414       The  Confeffion  of  Faith. 

quifite  to  our  falvation  are  not  in  Jefus  Chrift,  or 
if  all  things  are  in  him,  that  then  thofe  who  pof- 
fefs  Jefus  Chrift  through  faith,  have  complete  fal- 
vation in  him.  Therefore  lhould  any  affert,  that 
Chrift  is  not  fufncient,  but  that  fomething  more 
is  required  befides  him,  would  be  too  grofs  a  blaf- 
phemy  :  For  hence  it  would  follow,  that  Chrift 
was  but  half  a  Saviour.  Therefore  we  juftly  fay 
with  Paul,  that  we  are  juftified  by  faith  alone,  or 
by  faith  without  works.  However  to  fpeak  more 
clearly,  we  do  not  mean,  that  faith  itfelf  juftifies 
us,  for  it  is  only  an  inftrument  with  which  we 
embrace  Chrift  our  Righteoufnefs :  But  Jefus 
Chrift  imputing  to  us  all  his  merits,  and  fo  many 
holy  works  which  he  hath  done  for  us,  and  in  our 
ftead,  is  our  Righteoufnefs.  And  faith  is  an  in- 
ftrument that  keeps  us  in  communion  with  him 
in  all  his  benefits,  which  when  become  ours,  are 
more  than  Iufficient  to  acquit  us  of  our  fins. 
33.     That  our  jiiftification  conjifts  in  the  forgive nefs 

of  Jin,  and  the  imputation  of  Chrift*  s  obedience. 

We  believe  that  our  falvation  confifts,  in  the 
remiffion  of  our  fins  for  Jefus  Chrift's  fake,  and 
that  therein  our  righteoufnefs  before  God  is  im- 
plied :  As  David  and  Paul  teach  us,  declar- 
ing this  to  be  the  happinefs  of  man,  that  God  im- 
putes righteoufnefs  to  him  without  works.  And 
the  fame  apoftle  faith,  that  we  are  juftified  freely, 
by  his  grace  through  the  redemption  which 
is  in  Jefus  Chrift.  And  therefore  we  always 
hold  faft  this  foundation,  afcribing  all  the  glory 
to  God,  humbling  ourfelves  before  him,  and  ac- 
knowledging ourfelves  to  he  fuch  as  we  really 
are,  without  prefuming  to  truft  in  any  thing  in 
ourfelves,  or  in  any  merit  of  ours,  relying  and 
refting  upon  the  obedience  of  Chrift  crucified  a- 
lone,  which  becomes  ours,  when  we  believe  in, 
him  :  this  is  fuflicient  to  cover  all  our  iniquities, 


The  Confeilion  of  Faith.       40,5 

and  to  give  us  confidence,  in  approaching  to  God; 
freeing  the  confeience  of  fear,  terror  and  dread, 
without  following  the  example  of  our  firfl  father 
Adam,  who  trembling,  attempting  to  cover  him- 
felf  with  fig-leaves.  And  verily  if  we  mould  ap- 
pear before  God,  relying  on  ourfelves  or  on  any 
other  creature,  though  never  fo  little,  we  fiiould, 
alas !  be  confumed,  And  therefore  every  one 
mud  pray  with  David  ;  O  Lord  enter  not  into 
judgment  with  thy  fervant  :  For  in  thy  fight  (hail 
no  man  living  be  juftified. 

24.  Of  marC  s  fanct'ification  and  good  works  ■ 
We  believe  that  this  true  faith  being  wrought 
in  man  by  the  hearing  of  the  word  of  God,  and 
the  operation  of  the  Holy  Ghoft,  doth  regenerate 
and  make  him  a  new  man,  caufing  him  to  live  a 
new  life,  and  freeing  him  from  the  bondage  of  fin. 
Therefore  it  is  fo  far  from  being  true,  that  this 
juftifying  faith  makes  men  remits  in  a  pious  and 
holy  life,'  that  on  the  contrary  without  it  they 
would  never  do  any  thing  out  of  love  to  God,  but 
only  out  of  ielf-love  or  fear  of  damnation.  There- 
fore it  is  irapoffible  that,  this  holy  faith  can  be  un- 
fruitful in  man,  for  we  do  not  fpeak  of  a  vain  faith, 
but  of  fuch  a  faith  which  is  called  in  fcripture,  a 
faith  that  worketh  by  love,  which  excites  man  to 
the  practice  of  thofe  works,  which  God  has  com- 
manded in  his  word.  Which  works  as  they  pro- 
coed  from  the  good  root  of  faith  are  good  and  ac- 
ceptable in  the  light  of  God,  for  as  much  as  they 
are  all  iandtified  by  his  grace  :  Howbeit  they  are 
of  no  account  towards  our  justification.  For  it  is 
by  faith  in  Chrift  that  we  are  juftified,  even  before 
we  do  good  works  :  otherwife  they  could  not  be 
good  works,  any  more  than  the  fruit  of  a  tree  can 
be  good,  before  the  tree  itielf  is  good.     There- 

Y  2  ' 


4^6       The  Confeflion  of  Faith 


1 


fore  we  do  good  works,  but  not  to  merit  by  them 
(for  what  can  we  merit)  nay,  we  are  beholden  to 
God  for  the  good  works  we  do,  and  not  he  to  us  : 
Since  it  is  he  that  worketh  in  us  both  to  will  and 
to  do  of  his  good  pleafure.     Let  us  therefore  at- 
tend to  what  is  written,  when  ye  fhall  have  done 
all  thofe  things  which  are  commanded  you,  lay, 
we  are  unprofitable  fervants  :  we  have  done  that 
which  was  our  duty  to  do.     In  the  mean  time  wo 
do  not  deny,  that  God  rewards  good  works,  but 
it  is  through  his  grace  that  he  crowns  his  gifts. 
Moreover  though  we  do  good  works,  we  do  not 
found  our  faivation  upcui  them,  for  we  can  do  no 
work  but  what  is  polluted  by  our  flefh,  and  alfo 
punimable  :  and  although  we-  could  perform  fuch 
works,  ftill  th?  remembrance  of  one  fin  is  fufii- 
cient  to  make  Qod  reject  them.     Thus  then  we 
ihould  always  be  in  doubt,  toffed  to  and  fro  with- 
out any  certainly,  and  our  poor  confeiences  be 
continually  vexed  if  they  relied  not  on  the  mer-, 
its  of  the  ivifcrmga  and  death  of  our  Savioin. 
25«  Qft&t  ok&Mfhing  of  the  ceremonial  law. 
We  belieye/tfrat  the  ceremonies  and  figures  of 
the  law,  ceafed  at  the  coming  of  Chrift,  and  that 
all  the  lhVrows  are  accomplished  :   fo  that  the  ufe 
of  them  muft  be  abolifked  am^ngft  Chriftians,  yet 
the  truth  and  iubltance  of  them  remains  with  us 
in  Jefus  Chrift,  in  whom  they  have  their  comple- 
tion,    In  the  mean  time  we  frill  ufe  the  testimo- 
nies taken  out  of  the  law  and  the  propheU  to  con- 
firm us  in  the  doctrine  of  the  gofpel,  and  to,  regu- 
late our  life  in  all  honefty,  to  the  glory  of  God, 
according  to  his  wiU, 

■:.(>,   Of 'Cbtips  mtereejfion. 

We  bolievj  that  we  have  no  accefsunto  God, 

1  alone  through  the  only  Mediator  and  Advo- 

<    tc,  Jefus  Chrift,  the  righteous,  who  therefore 

became  man,  having  united  in  one  peri  on  the.  di- 


The  Confeffion  of  Faith.      427 

vine  and  human  natures,  that  we  men  might  have 
accefs  to  the  divine  Maiefty,  which  accefs  would 
otherwise  be  barred  againft  us,  Eut  this  Media- 
tor whom  the  Father  hath  appointed  between  him 
and  us,  ought  in  no  wife  to  affright  us  by  his  majef- 
ty,  or  caufe  us  to  feek  another  according  to  our 
fancv.  For  there  is  no  creature  either  in  heaven 
or  on  earth,  who  loveth  us  more  than  Jefus  Chrift  ; 
who  though  he  was  in  the  form  of  God,  yet  made 
himfelf  of  no  reputation,  and  took  upon  him  the 
form  of  a  man  and  of  a  fervant  for  us,  and  was 
made  like  unto  his  brethren  in  all  things.  If  then 
we  mould  feek  for  another  Mediator,  who  would 
be  well  affected  towards  us,  whom  could  we  find 
who  loved  us  more  than  he,  who  laid  down  his  life 
for  us,  even  when  we  were  his  enemies  ?  And  if 
we  feek  for  one  who  hath  power  and  majen1  y,  who 
is  there,  that  has  fo  much  of  both  as  he,  who  fits 
at  the  right  hand  of  his  Father,  and  who  hath  all 
power  in  heaven  and  on  earth  ?  And  who  will 
iboner  be  heard  than  the  own  well  beloved  Son 
of  God  ?  Therefore  it  was  only  thro'  diffidence, 
that  this  practice  of  difhonoring  inftead  of  honor- 
ing the  faints,  was  introduced,  doing  that  which. 
they  never  have  done,  nor  required,  but  have  on 
the  contrary  ftedftiftiy  rejected  it  accqrdingto  their 
bouaden  duty,  as  appears  by  their  writing.  Nei- 
ther mure  we  plead  "here  our  unworthinefs  ;  for* 
the  meaning  is  not  that  we  mould  offer  our  prayers 
to  God  on  account  of  our  own  unworthinefs,  but 
only  on  account  c.f  the  exqeltency  and  worth inefs 
of  our  Lord  jefus  Chrift,  whofe  righteoufnefs  is 
become  ours  by  faith.  Therefore  the  ap.oitle,  to 
remove  this  foolifh  fear-  or  rather  miftruft  from 
us,  juftiy  faith,  that  Jefus  Chrift  was  made  like 
unto  his  brethren  in  all  things,  that  he  might  be 
a  merciful  and  faithful  High  Prieft,  to  make  re- 
i-'onciliatio^for  the  fins  of  the  people.  For  in  iiriat 


428       The  Confeflion  of  Faith. 

he  himfelf  hath  fa  fTe  red,  being  tempted,  he  is  able 
to  fuccor  them  that  that  are  tempted  ;  and  fur- 
ther to  encourage  us,  he  adds,  feeing  then  that  we 
have  a  great  High  Prieft,  that  is  pafled   into  the 
heavens,  Jefus  the  Son  of  God,  let  us  hold  faft  our 
profeffiori.     For  we  have  not  a  High  Prieft  that 
cannot  be  touched  with  the  feeling  of  our  infirm- 
ities ;  but  was  in  all  prints  tempted  like  as  we 
are,  yet  without  fin.    Let  us  therefore  corne  bold- 
ly unto  the  throne  of  grace,  that  we  may  obtain 
mercy,  and  find  grace  to  help  va  time  of  need. 
The  fame  apoftle  faith,  that  we  have  bojdnefs  to 
enter  into  the  holieft,  by  the  blood  of  Jefus  ;  let 
us  draw  near  (faith  he)  with  a  true  heart,  in  mil 
aifurance  of  faith,  gcc.     Like  wife,  Chrift  hath  an 
unchangeable  prieithood,  wherefore  he  is  able  al- 
io to  fave  them  to  the  uttermoft,  that  come  unto 
God  by  him,  feeing  he  ever  liveth  to  make  ki- 
te rce.Tion  for  them.   What  more  can  be  required  ? 
Since  Chrift  himfelf  faith,  I  am  the  way,  and  the 
truth,  and  the  life,  no  man  comelh  unto  the  Fa- 
ther but  by  me.    To  what  purpofe  mould  we  then 
feek  another  Advocate,  fince  it  hath  pleafed  God 
to  give  us  his  own  Son  as  an  Advocate  ?  Let  us  not 
for  fake  him  to  take  another,  or  rather  to  feek  af- 
ter another,  without  ever  being  able  to  find  him  : 
For  God  well  knew,  when  he  gave  him  to  us,  that 
we  were   finners.     Therefore,  according  to  the 
command  of  Chrift,  we  call  upon   the  heavenly 
Father,  through  Jefus  Chrift  our  only   Mediator^ 
as  we  are  taught  in  the  Lord's  prayer  ;  beii) 
lured  that  whatever  we   aik  of  the  Father  in  his 
name,  will  be  granted  us. 

27.     Of  the  Caiholic  Cknjlian  church. 

We  believe  and  profefs  one  catholic  or  univer- 

fal  church,  which  is  an  holy  congregation  of  true 

Chriftian  believers,  who  ail  expecting  their  falva- 

ii'on  in  Jefus  Chrill:,  being  walked  by  his  blood, 


The  Confeflion  of  Faith.      419 

fan&ified  and  fealed  by  the  Holy  Ghoft.  This 
church  hath  been  from  the  beginning  of  the  world, 
and  will  be  to  the  end  thereof;  which  is  evident 
from  this,  that  Chrift  is  an  eternal  King,  which 
without  fubjecb  cannot  be  :  And  this  holy  church 
is  preferved  or  fupported  by  God,  againft  the  rage 
of  the  whole  world  ;  though  ihe  fometimes  (for 
a  while)  appears  very  final  1,  and  in  the  eyes  of 
men  to  be  reduced  to  nothing  :  As  during  the  peT 
rilous  reign  of  Ahab,  the  Lord  referved  unto  him 
feven  thoufand  men,  who  had  not  bowed  their 
knees  to  Baal.  Furthermore,  his  holy  church  is 
not  confined,  bounded  orlimitedto  a  certain  place, 
or  to  certain  perfons,  but  is  fpread  and  difperfed 
over  the  whole  world,  and  yet  is  joined  and  uni- 
ted with  heart  and  will,  by  the  power  of  faith,  in 
one  and  the  fame  fpirit. 

a 8.  That  every  one  is  bound  to  join  him/elf  to  the 
true  church. 
We  believe,  fince  this  holy  congregation  is  an 
affembly  of  thofe  who  are  faved,  and  that  out  of 
it  there  is  no  falvation,  that  no  perfon,  of  whatfo- 
ever  ftate  or  condition  he  may  be,  ought  to  with- 
draw himfelf,  to  live  in  a  feparate  ftate  from  it : 
but  that  all  men  are  in  duty  bound  to  join  and  u- 
nite  themfelves  with  it,  maintaining  the  unity  of 
the  church,  fubmitting  themfelves  to  the  do6trine 
and  diicipline  thereof,  bowing  their  necks  unto 
the  yoke  of  Jefus  Chrift,  and  as  mutual  members 
of  the  fame  body,  ferving  to  the  edification  of  the 
brethren,  according  to  the  talents  God  has  given 
them.  And  that  this  may  be  the  more  effectual- 
ly obferved,  it  is  the  duty  of  all  believers,  accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  God,  to  feparate  themfelves 
Tom  all  thofe  who  do  not  belong  to  the  church, 
md  to  join  themfelves  to  this  congregation,  where- 
soever God  hath  eftablilhed  it,  even  tho'  the  ma- 
jiftrates  and  the  edicts  of  princes  were  againft  it, 


403      The  ConfefTion  of  Faith. 

yea,  though  they  fhould  fuffer  death  or  any  other 
corporal  punifhment.  Therefore,  all  thole  who 
feparate  themfelves  from  the  fame,  or  do  not  join 
themfelves  to  it,  act  contrary  to  the  ordinance  of 
God. 

29.  Of  the  marks  of  the  true  ch'irch,  and  <w herein  I 
Jhe  differs  from  the  falfe  church. 
We  believe,  that  we  ought  diligently  and  cir- I 
cumfpectly  to  difcern  from  the  word  of  God, 
which  is  the  true  church,  fince  all  feels  which  are 
in  the  world  affume  to  themfelves  the  name  of  the 
church.  But  we  fpeak  not  here  of  hypocrites, 
who  are  mixed  in  the  church  with  the  good,  yet 
are  not  of  the  church,  tho'  externally  in  it  :  But 
we  lay  that  the  body  and  communion  of  the  true 
church  muft  be  diftinguimed  from  all  feels  who 
call  themfelves  the  church.  The  marks  by  which 
the  true  church  is  known  are  thefe  :  If  the  pure 
doctrine  of  the  gofpel  is  preached  therein  :  If  ihe 
maintains  the  pure  adminiftration  of  the  facrament 
as  inftituted  by  Chrifl :  If  church  difcipline  is  ex- 
ercifed  in  punching  of  fin  :  In  fliort  if  all  things 
are  managed  according  to  the  pure  word  of  God, 
all  things  contrary  thereto  rejected  ;  and  Jefus 
Chrifl  acknowledged  as  the  only  head  of  the 
church.  Hence  the  true  church  may  certainly  be 
known,  from  which  no  man  has  a  right  to  feparate 
him  Pelf.  With  refpeel  to  thofe  who  are  members 
of  the  church,  they  may  be  known  by  the  marks 
of  Chriftians,  namely,  by  faith  ;  and  when  they 
have  received  Jefus  Chrifl  the  only  Saviour,  avoid 
fin,  follow  after  righteoulhefs,  love  the  true  God 
and  their  neighbor,  neither  turn  alide  to  the  right 
or  left,  and  crucify  the  flefh  with  the  works  there- 
of. But  this  is  not  to  be  underilood,  as  if  there 
did  not  remain  in  them  great  infirmities  ;  but 
they  fight  againlt  them  through  the  fpirit,  all  th* 
days  of  their  life,  continually  taking  their  refuge 


The  Confeffion  of  Faith.      431 

to  the  blood,  death,  pamcn  and  obedience  of  our 
Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  in  whom  they  have  remiffion 
of  fins,  through  faith  in  him.  As  for  the  falfe 
church,  fhe  aicribes  more  power  and  authority  to 
herfelf  and  her  ordinances,  than  to  the  word  of 
God,  and  will  not  fubmit  herfelf  to  the  yoke  of 
Chrift  :  Neither  does  (he  adminifter  the  facra- 
ments  as  appointed  by  Chrift  in  his  word,  but 
adds  to,  and  takes  from  them  as  fhe  thinks  pro- 
per ;  (lie  relieth  more  upon  men  than  upon  Chrift; 
and  perfecutes  thofe  who  live  holily  according  to 
the  word  of  God,  and  rebuke  her  for  her  errors, 
covetoufnefs  and  idolatry.  Thefe  two  churches 
are  eafily  known  and  diftinguifhed,  from  each 
other. 

30.  Concerning  the  government  of,  and  offices  in  the 
church. 
We  believe,  that  this  true  church  muft  be  gov- 
erned by  that  fpiritual  policy,  which  our  Lord 
hath  taught  us  in  his  word  ;  namely,  that  there 
muft  be  minifters  or  paftors  to  preach  the  word  of 
God,  and  to  adminifter  the  facraments,  alfo  el- 
ders and  deacons,  who,  together  with  the  paftors, 
form  the  council  of  the  church  :  That  by  thefe 
means  the  true  religion  may  be  preferved,  and 
the  true  doctrine  every  where  propagated,  like- 
wife  tranfgreffors  punifhed  and  reftrained  by  fpi- 
'tual  means  ;  alfo  that  the  poor  and  diftreffed 
I  may  be  relieved  and  comforted,  according  to  their 
necemties.  By  thefe  means  every  thing  will  be 
carried  on  in  the  church  with  good  order  and  de- 
cency, when  faithful  men  are  chofen,  according 
to'the  rule  prefcribed  by  St.  Paul  in  his  epiftle  to 
Timothy. 

13 1 .    Of  the  mmifers ,  elders ,  a  nd  deacons . 
We  believe  that  the   minifters  of  God's  word, 
and  the  elders  and  deacons,  ought  to  be  chofen  to 
their  refpeclive  oalces  by  a  lawful  election  of  the 


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43^      The  Confeflion  of  Faith, 

church,  with  calling  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
and  in  that  order  which  the  word  of  God  teach- 
eth.  Therefore  every  one  mult  take  heed,  not 
to  intrude  himfelf  by  indecent  means,  but  is  bound 
to  wait  till  it  fhall  pleafe  God  to  call  him  ;  that 
he  may  have  teftimony  of  his  calling,  and  be  cer- 
tain and  allured  that  it  is  of  the  Lord.  As  for  the 
minifters  of  God's  word,  they  have  equally  the 
fame  power  and  authority  wherefoever  they  are, 
as  they  are  all  minifters  of  Chrift,  the  only  uni- 
verfal  Bifhop,  and  the  only  head  of  the  church. 
Moreover  that  this  holy  ordinance  of  God  may 
not  be  violated  or  flighted,  we  fay  that  every  cne 
ought  to  efteem  the  minifters  of  God's  word,  and 
the  elders  of  the  church,  very  highly  for  their 
work's  fake,  and  be  at  peace  with  them,  without 
murmuring,  ftrife  or  contention,  as  much  as  pof- 
fible. 

32.  Of  the  order  and  difcipline  of  the  church. 

In  the  mean  time  we  believe,  though  it  is  ufe- 
ful  and  beneficial,  that  thofe  who  are  rulers  of  the 
church  inftitute  and  eftablifh.  certain  ordinances 
among  themfelves  for  maintaining  the  body  of  the 
church  j  yet  that  they  ought  ftudioufly  to  take 
care,  that  they  do  not  depart  from  thofe  things, 
which  Chrift  our  only  mafter  hath  inftituted. 
And  therefore,  we  reject  all  human  inventions, 
and  all  laws  which  man  would  introduce  in  the 
worfhip  of  God,  thereby  to  bind  and  compel  the 
Conference  in  any  manner  whatever.  Therefore 
we  admit  only  of  that,  which  tends  to  nouriih  and 
preferve  concord,  and  unity,  and  to  keep  all  men 
in  obedience  to  God.  For  this  purpofe,  excom- 
munication or  church  difcipline  is  requifite,  with 
the  feveral  circum.it ances  belonging  to  it,  accor- 
ding to  the  word  of  God, 

3  3  •     Of  the  facraments. 

We  believe,  that  our  gracious  £od,  on  account 


The  Confeflion  of  Faith*      433 

of  our  weaknefs  and  infirmities,  hath  ordained  the 
ficraments  for  us,  thereby  to  fcal  unto  us  his  pro- 
miles,  and  to  be  pledges  of  the  good  will  and  grace 
of  God  towards  us,  andalfotonouridiandftrength- 
en  our  faith  ;  which  he  hath  joined  to  the  word 
of  the  goipel,  the  better  to  prefent  to  our  fenies, 
both  th3t  whjch  he  fignifi.es  to  us  by  his  word,  and 
that  which  he  works  inwardly  in  our  hearts, 
thereby  alluring  and  confirming  in  us  the  falva- 
tion  which  he  imparts  to  us.  For  they  are  vifible 
figns  and  feals  of  an  inward  and  invifible  thing,  by 
means  whereof,  God  worketh  in  us  by  the  power 
of  the  Holy  Ghoft.  Therefore  the  figns  are  not 
in  vain  or  infignihcant,  fo  as  to  deceive  us.  For 
Jefus  Chrift  is  the  true  object  prefented  by  them, 
without  whom  they  would  be  of  no  moment. 
Moreover  we  are  fatisfied  with  the  number  of  fa- 
craments which  Chrift  our  Lord  hath  inftituted* 
which  are  two  only,  namely,  .the  facrament  of 
baptifm  and  the  holy  (upper  of  our  Lord  Jefus 
Chrift. 

34.  Of  holy  baptifm. 
We  believe  and  confefs  that  Jefus  Chrift,  whs 
is  the  end  of  the  law,  hath  made  an  end,  by  the 
fhedding  of  his  blood,  of  ail  other  died  dings  of 
blood,  which  men  could  or  would  make  as  a  pro*- 
pitiation  or  fatisfaftion  for  fin  :  And  that  he  haw- 
ing  abol i(hed  circumcifion,  which  was  done  with 
blood,  hath  inftituted  the  facrament  of  baptifm  m 
ftead  thereof;  by  which  we  are  received  into  the 
church  of  God,  and  feparated  from  all  other  peo- 
ple and  lining;;  religions,  that  we  m*y  wholly  be- 
long lo  him  whole  enfign  and  banner  we  bear  ; 
And  ferves  as  a  teftimony  unto  us,  that  he  will  for 
ever  be  our  gracious  God  and  Father.  Therefore 
he  has  commanded  all  thole  who  are  his,  to  be 
fejptifed  with  pure  water,  in  the  name  of  the  Fa  - 
2 


434      The  Confeffion  of  Faith, 

ther,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghoft  : 
Thereby  fignifying  to  us,  that  as  water  waiheth 
away  the  filth  of  the  body,  when  poured  upon  it, 
and  is  feen  on  the  body  of  the  baptifed,  when 
fprinkled  upon  him  ;  fo  doth  the  blood  of  Chritt, 
by  the  power  of  the  .Holy  Ghoft,  internally  fprin- 
kle  the  foul,  and  cleanfe  it  of  its  fin,  and  regene- 
rate us  from  children  of  wrath,  unto  children  of 
God.  Not  that  this  is  effected  by  the  external 
water,  but  by  t'he  fprinkling  of  the  precious  blood 
of  the  Son  of  God  r  who  is  our  Red  fea,  through 
which  we  muft  pafs,  to  efcape  the  tyranny  of  Pha- 
raoh, that  is,  the  devil.,  and  to  -enter  into  the  fpi- 
ritual  land  of  Canaan.  Therefore  the  minifters^ 
on  their  part,  adrninifter  the  iaerament,  and  that 
which  is  vifible,  but  our  Lord  giveth  that  which 
is  figniried  by  the  facrament,  namely,  the  gifts  and 
invilible  grace,  warning,  cleanfing  and  purging  our 
fouls  of  all  filth  and  unrighteoufnefs  ;  renewing 
our  hearts,  and  filling  them  with  all  comfort  ; 
giving  unto  us  a  true  afiurance  of  his  fatherly 
goodnefs,  putting  on  us  the  new  man,  and  put- 
ting off  the  old  man  with  all  his  deeds  :  There- 
fore we  believe,,  that  every  man  who  is  earneftiy 
ftudious  of  obtaining  life  eternal,  ought  to  be  but 
once  baptifed  with  this  only  baptifm,  without  .ever 
repeating  the  fame":  iince  we  cannot  be  bom 
twice.  Neither  doth  this  baptifm  only  avail  us 
at  the  time  when  the  water  is  poured  upon  us, 
and  received  by  us,  but  alfo  through  the  whole 
eourfe  of  our  life  ;  therefore  we  deteit  the  error 
of  the  anabaptifts,  who  are  not  content  with  the 
one  only  baptifm  they  have  once  received,  and 
moreover  condemn  the  baptifm  ot  the  infants  of 
believers,  whom  we  believe  ought  to  be  baptifed 
and  fealed  v.  ith  the  fign  of  the  covenant,  as  the 
children  in  Ifrael  formerly  were  circumcifed,upon 
the  fame  prcmiies  whici  are  made  unto  our  chiU 


The  Confdlion  of  Faith.       435 

dren.  And  indeed  Chrift  (hed  his  blood  no  lefs 
for  the  waihing  of  the  children  of  the  faithful  than 
for  adult  perfons  ;  and  therefore  they  ought  to 
receive  the  hgn  and  facrament  of  that  which  Chrift 
hath  done  for  them  ;  and  as  the  Lord  command- 
ed in  the  law,  that  they  mould  be  made  partakers 
of  the  facrament  of  ChrihVs  fufferings  and  death, 
fhortly  after  they  were  born,  by  offering  for  them 
a  lamb,  which  was  a  facrament  of  Jefus  Chrill. 
Moreover  what  circumcihon  was  to  the  Jews, 
that  baptifm  is  to  our  children.  And  for  this  rea- 
fon  Paul  calls  baptifm  the  circumcihon  of  Chrift. 
35.  Of  the  holy  f  upper  of  our  Lord  jefus  Chrijl. 
We  believe  and  confers  that  our  Saviour  Jefus 
Chrift  did  ordain  and  inftitute, -the  facrament  of 
the  holy  fupper,to  nouriih  and  fupport  thofe  whom 
he  hath  already  regenerated  and  incorporated  in- 
to his  family,  which  is  his  church.  Now  thofe 
-who  are  regenerated,  have  in  them  a  two-fold 
life,  the  one  corporal  and  temporal,  which  they 
have  from  -the  rlrit  birth,  and -is  common  to  all 
men  :' The  other  fpiritual  and  heavenly,  which 
is  given  them  in  their  fecon-d  birth,  which  is  ef- 

•  fecied  by  the  word  of  the  gofpel,  in  the  commu- 
nion of  tke  body  of  Chrift  ;  and  this  life  is  not 
common,  but  is  peculiar  to  .God's  elect,  In  like 
manner  God  hath  given  unto  us,  for  the  fupport 
of  the  bodily  and  earthly  life,  earthly  and  com- 
mon bread,  which  is  fubfervient  thereto,  and  is 
common  to  all  men,  even  as  life  itfelf.  Bat  for 
the  fupport  of  the  fpiritual  and  heavenly  life, 
which  believers  have,  he  hath  fent  a  living  bread 
which  deleended  from  heaven,  namely,  Jeius 
Chrift,  who  nourilhes  and  ftrengthens  the  fpiritu- 
al "life  of  believers,  when  they  eat  him,  that  is  to 
fay,  when  they  apply  and  receive  him  by  faich  in 

"'  the  fpirit.  Chrift  that  he  might  re  pre  lent  unto 
us  this  fpiritual  and  heavenly  bread,  hath  inititu- 


436     The  Confeffion  of  Faith. 

ted  an  earthly  and  vifible  bread,  as  a  facrament  of 
his  body,  and  wine  as  a  facrament  of  his  blood,  to 
teftify  by  them  unto  us,,  that  as  certainly  as  we 
receive  and  hold  this  facrament  in  our  hands,  and 
eat  and  drink  the  fame  with  our  mouths,  by  which 
our  life  is  afterwards  nourished  ;  that  we  alfo  do 
as  certainly  receive  by  faith  (which  is  the  hand 
and  mouth  of  our  foul)  the  true  body  and  blood 
of  Chrift  our  only  Saviour  in  our  fouls,  for  the 
fupport  of  our  fpiritual  life.  Now  as  it  is  certain 
and  beyond  all  doubt,  that  Jefus  Chrift  hath  not 
enjoined  to  us  the  ufe  of  his  facraments  in  vain, 
fo  he  works  in  us,  all  what  he  reprefenrs  to  us  by 
thefe  holy  figns,  though  the  manner  furpaffes  our 
underftanding,  and  cannot  be  comprehended  by 
us,  as  the  operations  of  the  Holy  Choir,  are  hidden 
and  incompreheniible.  In  the  mean  time  we  err 
not  when  we  fay,  that  that  which  is  eat  and  drank 
by  us  is  the  proper  and  natural  body,  and  the 
proper  blood  of  Chrift.  But  the  manner  of  our 
partaking  of  the  fame,  is  not  by  the  mouth  but 
by  the  ipirit  through  faith.  Thus  then,  though 
Chrift  always  fits  at  the  right  hand  of  his  Father 
in  the  heavens,  yet  therefore  doth  he  not  ceafe 
to  make  us  partakers  of  himfeif  bv  faith.  This 
feait  is  a  fpiritual  table,  at  which  Chrift  commu- 
nicates himfeif  with  all  his  benefits  to  us,  and  gives 
us  there  to  enjoy  both  himfeif,  and  the  merits  of 
his  fuffe  rings  arid  death,  nourilhing,  ftrengthening 
and  comforting  our  poor  comfortlefs  fouls,  by 
the  eating  of  his  fkfh,  quickening  and  refreshing 
them  by  the  drinking  of  his  blood.  Further 
though  the  facraments  are  connected  with  the 
thing  figniiied,  neverthelefs  both  are  not  receiv- 
ed by  all  men  :  The  ungodly  indeed  receives  the 
facrament  to  his  condemnation,  but  he  doth  not 
receive  the  truth  of  the  facrament  :  As  Judas  and 
£imon   the  ibrcerer  both  indeed  received  the  fa- 


The  Confeilion  of  Faith.      437 

cement,  but  not  Chrift,  who  was  fignificd  by  it, 
of  whom  believer 3  onlv  were  made  partakers. 
Laftlv,  we  receive  this  holy  facrament  in  the  af- 
lembfy  of  the  people  of  God,  with  humility  and 
reverence,  keeping  up  amongft  us  a  holy  remem- 
brance of  the  death  of  Chriil  our  Saviour,  with 
thankfgiving  :  Making  there  confeffion  of  our 
faith,  and  of  the  Chriitiaii  religion.  Therefore 
•no  one  ought  to  come  to  this  table,  without  hav- 
ing previoufiy  rightly  examined  himfelf  ;  left -ea- 
ting of  this  bread  and  drinking  of  this  cup,  he  eat 
and  drink  his  own  damnation.  In  a  word,  we  are 
excited  by  the  ufe  of  this  holy  facrament,  to  a 
fervent  love  towards  God,  and  our  neighbor. — 
Therefore  we  reject  all  mixtures  and  damnable 
inventions,  which  men  have  added  unto,  and 
blended  with  the  facraments,  as  profanations  of 
them  :  Aiid  affirm  that  we  ought  to  reft  fatislied 
with  the  ordinance  which  Chrift  and  his  apoftles 
have  taught  us,  and  that  v/e  mult  fpeak  of  thera 
in  the  fame  manner  as  they  have  fpoke. 
36.  Cf  7na.giflra.ies. 
We  believe  that  our  gracious  God,  becaufe  o€ 
the  depravity  of  mankind,  hath  appointed  kings, 
princes  and  magiftrates,  wiliinr  that  the  world 
ihouid  be  governed  bv  certain  laws  and  policies  ; 
to  the  end  that  the  ditfolutenefs  of  men  might  be 
reftrained,  and  all  things  carried  on  among  men 
with  goood  order  and  decency.  For  this  purpoie 
he  hath  inverted  the  magiftracy  with  the  fword, 
for  the  puniihment  of  evil  doers,  and  for  the  pro- 
tection of  them  that  do  well.  .  And  their  office 
is,  not  only  to  have  regard  unto,  and  watch  for 
the  welfare  of  the  civil  ftate,  but  alfo  to  protect 
the  holy  church  fervice,  and  to  prevent  and  ex- 
tirpate all  idolatry  and  fialfe  worihip,  to  deftroy 
the  kingdom  of  antichriit,  to  promote  the  king- 
dom of  Jefus  Chrift,  and  to  take  care,  that  the 


438     The  Confdlion  of  Faith. 

■word  of  the  gofpe!  be  preached  every  where,  that 
God  may  be  honorea  and  worfhipped  by  every 
one,  as  he  commands  in  his  word.  Moreover  it 
is  the  bounuen  duty  of  ever;/  one,  of  what  ftate, 
quality  or  condition  foever  he  may  be,  to  fubject 
himfelf  to  the  magiftrates,  to  pay  tribute,  to  mew 
due  honor  and  refpect  to  them,  and  to  obey  them 
in  all  things  which  are  not  repugnant  to  the  word 
of  God  ;  to  pray  for  them  in  their  prayers,  that 
God  may  rule  and  guide  them  in  all  their  ways, 
and  that  we  may  lead  a  quiet  and  peaceable  life  in 
all  godlineis  and  honefty.  Wherefore  we  deteft 
the  anabaptifts  and  other  feditious  people,  and  in 
general  all  thofe  who  reject  the  higher  powers  and 
nvagiftrates,  and  would  fubvert  juftice,  introdu- 
cing a  coram  union  of  goods,  and  confound  that 
decency  and  good  order  which  God  hath  eftab- 
lillied  among  men. 

37.  Of  the  lajl  judgment. 
Finally  we  believe,  according  to  the  word  of 
God,  when  the  time  appointed  by  the  Lord 
(which  is  unknown  to  all  creatures)  is  come,  and 
the  number  of  the  elect  complete,  that  our  Lord 
Jefus  Chriit  will  come  from  heaven,  corporally 
and  viliblv,  as  he  alcended,  with  great  glory  and 
majefty,  to  declare  himfelf  judge  of  the  quick  and 
the  dead  ;  burning  this  old  world  with  fire  and 
flame, to  cieanfe  h1  And  then  all  men  will  perfonally 
appear  before  this  great  Judge,  both  men  and  wo- 
men, and  children,  that  have  been  from  the  be- 
ginning of  the  world  to  the  end  thereof,  being 
ilimmoned  by  the  voice  of  the  archangel,  and  by 
the  found  of  the  trumpet  of  God.  For  all  the 
dead  mall  be  railed  out  of  the  earth,  and  their 
fouls  joined  and  united  with  their  proper  bodies, 
in  which  they  formerly  lived.  As  for  thofe  who 
{hall  then  be  living,  they  mall  not  die  as  the  oth- 
ers, but  be  changed  in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye,  and 


The  Confeflion  of  Faith.     439 

from  -corruptible,  become  incorruptible.  Then 
the  books  (that  is  to  lay  the  confciences)  fhall  b& 
opened,  and  the  dead  judged  accordingly  to  what 
they  lhall  have  done  in  this  world,  whether  it  be 
good  or  evil.  Nay  men  (hail  give  an  account  of 
every  idle  word  they  have  fpoken,  which  the 
world  only  counts  arnufernent  and  jeft  :  And  then 
the  fecrets  and  hypocnfy  of  men  fhall  be  difclofecl 
and  laid  open  before  all.  And  therefore  the  con- 
sideration of  this  judgment  is  juftly  terrible  and 
dreadful  to  the  wicked  and  ungodly,  but  molt  de- 
ferable and  comfortable  to  the  righteous  and  eledt; 
becaufe  then  their  full  deliverance  fhall  be  per- 
fected, and  there  they  lhall  receive  the  fruits  .of 
their  labor  and  trouble  which  they  have  borne. 
Their  innocence  fhall  be  known  to  all,  and  they 
lhall  fee  the  terrible  vengeance  which  God  flial! 
execute  on  the  wicked,  who  moft  cruelly  perie- 
cuted,oppreffed  and  tormented  them  in  this  world  ; 
and  who  iliall  be  convicted  by  the  testimonies  of 
their  own  confciences,  and  become  immortal,  but 
for  this  purpofe,  to  be  tormented  in  that  everiait- 
ing  fire,  which  is  prepared  for  the  devil  and  his 
angels.  But  on  the  contrary  the  faithful  and  elect 
faall  be  crowned  with  glory  and  honor  ;  and  the 
Son  of  God  will  confefs  their  names  before  God 
bis  Father,  and  his  elect  angels  ;  all  tears  iliall  be 
wiped  from  their  eyes,  and  their  caufe  which  is 
now  condemned  by  many  judges  and  magistrates, 
as  heretical  and  impious,  will  then  be  known  to 
be  the  caufe  of  the  San  of  God.  And  for  a  gra  - 
cious  reward  the  Lord  will  caufe  them  to  poitefs 
fuch  a  glory,  as  never  entered  into  the  heart  of 
man  to  conceive.  Therefore  we  expert  that  great 
day  with  a  moft  ardent  defire,  to  the  end  that  we 
E&ay  fully  enjoy  the  promifes  of  God  in  Chrift  Jev 
fus  our  Lord.  Amen.  Even  fo  come  Lord  Jefus, 
Rey.  xxii,  ?g.       The  End  of  the  Confcjisrz  of  Faith, 


The     LITURGY 

Of  the  Reformfd  Church  in  Netherlaxd. 
Or,  the  Forms  7/fed  therein  in  Public  Worfhip. 

I.  Of  Public  Prayer. — II.  Of  the  Admirziflraticn  of 
the  Holy  Sacran:e;its. — III.  Of  the  Exercife  of 
Church  Bifcipline. — IV.  Of  the  Ordination  of  Church 
OJicers. — V.  Of  the  Celebration  of  JMarriage. — 
VI.  Of  Comforting  the  Sick. 

Chriimn  Prayers,  to  be  ufed  in  the  Aflembly  of, 
the  Faithful,  and  en  other  occafions. 


A  prayer  on  the  Lord's  day  before  fermon. 

O  Eternal  and  moil  merciful  Father,  we  hum- 
bly proitrate  ourfelves  before  thy  high  Ma- 
jetty,  againft  which  we  have  fo  often  and  griev- 
ouily  offended.;  and  acknowledge,  if  thou  fnouldft 
enter  into  judgment  with  us,  that  we  have  de- 
ferved  nothing  but  eternal  death  ;  for  befides  that 
we  all  are  by  original  fin,  unclean  in  thy  fight  and 
children  of  wrath,  conceived  in  fin  and  brought 
forth  in  iniquity,  v.  hereby  all  manr.c-r  of  evil  lulls, 
ftriving  againfl  thee  and  our  neighbor,  dwell 
within  us  ;  we  have  alfo  indeed,  frequently  and 
without  end,  tranfgreiTed  thy  precepts  neglecting 
what  thou  haft  commanded  us,  and  done  whs: 
thou  hall  exprefsly  forbidden  us.  We  have 
{trayed  like  fheep,  and  have  greatly  offended  a- 
gainit  thee,  which  we  acknowledge,  and  are  hear- 
tily forry  for  ;  nay  we  confeis  to  our  lhame,  and 
to  the  praife  of  thy  mercy  towards  us,  that  our 
fins  are  more  than  the  hairs  of  our  heads,  and  that 
we  are  indebted  ten  thoufand  talents,  but  not  able 
to  pay.  Wherefore  we  ar^  not  worthy  to  be  call- 
ed thy  children  \  nor  to  lift  up  our  eyes  towards 


Trie  Liturgy.  441 

heaven,  to  pour  out  our  prayers  before  thee.  Ne- 
verthelefs,  O  Lord  God,  and  merciful  Father, 
knowing  that  thou  doft  not  defire  the  death  of  a 
tinner,  but  that  he  may  turn  from  his  wickednefs 
and  live  ;  and  that  thy  mercy  is  infinite,  which 
thou  fheweft  unto  thofe  who  return  to  thee  ;  we 
heartily  call  upon  thee,  trufting  in  our  Mediator 
Jems  Chrift,  who  is  that  Lamb  of  God,  that  take'ch 
away  the  fins  of  the  world,  and  we  befeech  thee, 
to  commiferate  our  infirmity,  forgiving  us  all  our 
fins  for  Chrift's  fake  :  waili  us  in  the  pure  foun- 
tain of  his  blood,  that  we  may  become  clean  and 
white  as  fnew:  Cover  ournakednefs  with  his  in- 
nocence and  righteoufnefs,  for  the  glory  of  thy 
narae's  fake  :  clear  our  understanding  of  all  blind  - 
ncfs,  and  our  hearts  of  all  hardnefs  and  pride. 
Open  the  mouth  of  thy  fervant  at  prefent,  and 
replenish,  him  with  thy  wifdom  and  knowledge, 
that  he  may  purely  and  confidently  fet  forth  thy 
word  ;  prepare  alfo  our  hearts,  that  wemavhear., 
underltand  and  keep  the  fame  :  write  thy  laws 
(according  to  thy  promife)  in  the  tables  of  our 
liearts,  and  fcrengthen  us  to  delight  and  walk  in 
the  fame,  to  the  praife  and  glory  of  thy  name,  and 
to  the  edincation  of  thy  church.  O  gracious  ra- 
ther we  a;k  for,  and  defire  all  thefe  things  in  th--. 
name  of  Jefus  Chrift,  who  hath  taught  u.  thus  to 
pray,         Our  Father,  &c. 


A  prayer  to  be  ufcd  on  tbs  Lord's  day  after  fermon, 
&  LMIGHTtf  and  merciful  God;  we  acknow; 
J  &   ledge  in  ourfeives,  an ■■.]  confefs;  before  thee, 
,as  tli-  truth  is,  that  Ave  are  not  worthy  to  life  u;: 
our  eves  towards  heaven  and  to  prefent  our  phi-? 
ers  before  thee,  if  thou  Should  ft  refpe&  our  merit:- 
,ani' wojthinefs  :   i.^c  our  conferences    accufe   u-.. 
<izd  our  tins  bear  witnefs  a?  air.fi  u  ?. ".,•  z  alfo  Lug  ,v 


442  The  Liturgy. 

that  thou  art  a  righteous  Judge  punifhing  the  fins 
of  thole,  who  tranigrefs  thy  commandments.  Eut, 
O  Lord,  fince  thou  haft  commanded  us  to  call 
upon  thee  in  all  times  of  necemty,  and  hall  of 
thine  ineffable  mercy  prcmiled  to  hear  our  pray- 
ers, not  becaufe  of  our  merits  (which  are  none) 
but  for  the  merits  of  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  whom 
thou  halt  appointed  to  be  our  Mediator  and  Ad- 
vocate ;  wherefore  we  forfake  all  other  help,  and 
take  our  refuge  to  thy  mercy  alone. 

Eipecially,  O  Lord,  befides  the  innumerable 
benefits  which  thou  meweft  to  all  mankind  in  ge- 
neral on  earth,  thou  halt  in  particular  beftowed 
manifold  favors  on  us,  which  we  are  not  capable 
to  comprehend  or  exprefs  :  for  thou  haft  deliver- 
ed us  from  the  woeful  flavery  of  the  devil,  and  all 
idolatrv,  wherein  we  were  held,  and  haft  brought 
us  to  the  light  of  the  truth,  and  to  the  knowledge 
of  thy  holy  gofpel.  On  the  contrary  we  have  by 
our  ingratitude  been  regardlels  of  thefe  thy  bene- 
fits, we  arc  departed  from  thee  and  have  follow- 
ed our  own  devices,  not  honoring  theo-as  was  our 
bounden  duty  to  do.  Thus  have  we,  O  Lord, 
grievoufly  finned,  and  highly  offended  thee,  and 
can  expect  nothing  eliethan  everlafting  death  and 
damnation,  if  thou  fhouldft  deal  with  us  accord- 
ing to  our  deferts.  Yea  we  alfo  perceive,  O  Lord, 
by  the  chaftifements,  which  thou  daily  art. infiid- 
jiig  on  us,  that  thou  art  juftlv  diipleaied  with  us. 
For  fince  thou  art  juft,  thou  wilt  punivh  no  m«n 
without  cauie  and  we  alfo  fee  thine  hand  itrtich- 
jt:d  out,  further  to  puniih  us.  But  though  thou 
did  ft  puni!'h  us  more  feverely  than  thou  haft  Hi- 
therto done,  nay,  tho'  ail  the  plagues  fell  upon  u*j, 
\\  herewith  thou  cidit  viiit  the  fins  of  thy  peopFfc 
JlVael,  we  mult  ftill  cornel's  that  thou  wouidft  do 
US  no  injuihice.  But,  >0  Lord,  thou  art  our 
Ccd,  and  we  zrz  but  dult  and  aihes  :  thcu  art  cur 


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Creator,  and  we  are  thy  handy  work  :  thou  art 
cur  Shepherd,  and  we  are  thy  Iheep  :  thou  art  our 
Hedeemer,  and  we  are  thofe  whom  thou  halt  re- 
deemed. Thou  art  our  Father,  and  we  are  thy 
children  and  heirs.  Therefore  do  not  punifh  us 
in  thine  anger,  but  chaftife  us  mercifully,  and  pre- 
ferve  that  work  which  thou  hall  of  thy  mercy  be- 
gun in  us,  that  the  whole  world  may  know  and 
acknowledge  thee  to  be  our  God  and  Saviour. 
Thy  people  Ifrael  have  frequently  offended  thee, 
and  thou  hall  juftiy  punifhcd  them,  but  as  oft  a? 
they  turned  themfelves  again  to  thee,  thou  didft 
always  mercifully  receive  them  into  favor.  And 
though  their  fins  and  tranfgrefiions  were  never  fo 
great,  thou  didft  always  avert  thy  wrath  and  pun- 
illiment  prepared  for  them  by  reafon  of  the  cove- 
nant which  thou  hadft  made  with  thy  fervants, 
Abraham, Ifaac,  and  Jacob,  fo  that  thou  never  had 
refuted  to  hear  the  prayers  of  thy  people.  And 
we  have  of  thy  mercy  even  that  fame  covenant, 
which  thou  hall  erected  in  the  hand  of  Jefus  Chrift 
our  Mediator  between  thee  and  all  believers  : 
nay  it  is  now  more  glorious  and  efficacious,  lince 
Chrift  hath  ratified  and  confirmed  the  fame  by  h'u 
holy  iufrering  and  death,  and  entrance  into  his 
glory.  Therefore,  O  Lord,  forfaking  ourfelves, 
and  all  hu:-?nan  aiultsnce,  we  fly  for  fuccor  to  this 
bleiTed  covenant  of  grace,  by  means  whereof  our 
Lord  jefus  Chrift  (having  offered  his  body  once 
en  the  crois  as  a  perfect  iacrifice  for  us)  hath  re- 
conciled us  with  thee,  for  ever.  Therefore,  O 
Lord,  lock  upon  the  face  of  thine  anointed  and 
not  our  fins,  that  thine  anger  may  be  appeafed  by 
his  interceffion.  And  caufe  thy  face  to  fhine  on 
us  to  our  joy  and  falvation.  Take  us  henceforth, 
in  thy  holy  guidance  and  protection,  and  govern 
r.s  with  thy  holy  Spirit,  who  daily  more  and  more 
mortifying  our  item  with  all  its  luft.  renews  us  to 


444  The  Litupgy. 

a  better  life,  and  produce  in  us  fruits  of  true  faith, 
that  hereby  thy  name  may  be  glorified  and  praiied 
•  to  all  eternity,  and  that. we  deff>i$»g  all  tranfito- 
ry  things  may  with  an  ardent  defire  fix  our  iho'ts 
only  on  things  heavenly. 

And  in  as  much  as  it  is  thy  pleafure  that  we 
fhould  pray  for  all  mankind,  we  befeech  thee,  to 
extend  thy  bleiTmgs  on  the  doctrine  of  thy  holy 
gofpel,  that  it  may  be  preached  and  accepted  ev- 
ery where,  that  the  whole  world  may  be  clied 
with  thy  laving  dnowledge,  that  the  ignorant 
m..y  be  converted,  the  weak,  ftrengthened,  that 
every  one,  not  only  in  word,  but  alfo  in  deed, 
may  magnify  and  fane: iry  thv  holy  name. 

Send  forth  for  this  end,  faithful  laborers  in  thy 
harveft — And  alio  repienifh  them  with  thy  grace, 
that  they  ttiay  faithfully  ferve  before  thee.  On 
the  contrary  utterly  deftrov  all  falic  teachers,  ra- 
venous wolves,  and  hireling,  who  feek  their  own 
honor  and  advantage,  and  not  the  glory  of  thy  ho- 
ly name  only,  nor  the  welfare  and  -ialvation  of 
fouls.  Be  alio  pleaTed  gracioully  to  preferve  and 
govern  ail  thy  Chriitian  churches,  ipread  over 
the  face  of  the  earth,  in  unity  of  true  faith,  and 
in  godlineis-of  life,  that  thy  kingdom  may  daily 
increaie,  and  that  of  i'atan  be  deftroved,  till  thy 
kingdom  is  perfected  when  thou  (halt  be  all  in 
all. 

Particularly  we  pray  for  thefe  United  States  of 
America  ;  keep  them  under  thy  holy  protection  ; 
pToXper  thetn  in  their  agriculture,  manufactures, 
com  vierce  snd  literature  ;  and  let  their  civil  and 
religious  rights  be  preserved  inviolate  to.  the  la- 
o'teriiy, 

Bieis  and  long  preferve  thy  fervant,  the  Prefi- 
dent  of  the  United  States.  Bid's  the  vice-presi- 
dent ;  the  fenate  and  houfe  of  representatives  in 
cor..;:-;-  ed.    Biefs  all  placed  in  author;- 


The  Liturgy.  445 

tf  throughout  the  ftates,  and  especially  in  the 
ft  ate  wherein  we  refide  ;  the  governor  of  the 
Hate,  the  magiftrates,  and  all  others  entmfted 
with  powers,  either  legiilative  or  executive. — 
Replenhh  them  all  with  thy  grace  and  heavenly 
gifts,  each  in  his  refpeclive  calling  and  ftate, 
•wherein  thou  haft  placed  him,  that  they  may 
wifely  govern,  and  ftrenuoufly  proleci  the  peo- 
ple, whom  thou  haft  committed  to  their  cave, 
faithfully  defend  thy  wcrihip  and  rightly  admin- 
ifter  juitice  among  the  people  :  prelide  with  thy 
holy  Spiiit  in  their  afiemblies,  that  in  all  cafes 
they  may  reiblve  nothing  but  what  is  good  and 
becoming,  and  let  the  laws  be  happily  executed  : 
that  thele  United  States  being  preserved  from  all 
enemies,  the  evil  doers  punithed,  and  the  jult 
protected,  thy  name  hereby  may  be  praifed,  and 
the  kingdom  of  the  King  of  Kings,  Chrift  Jefus, 
promoted  ;  and  that  we  may  lead  a  quiet,  and 
peaceable  life  in  all  godlinefs  and  honefiy.— 
Moreover  we  pray  for  our  brethren,  who  are  un- 
der persecution  or  tyranny  ;  comfort  them  with 
thy  holy  Spirit,  and  mercifully  deliver  them  : 
fuffer  not  thy  church  wholly  to  be  deilroyed,  nor 
the  remembrance  of  thy  name  to  be  abolifhed 
from  the  face  of  the  earth,  left  the  enemies  of  thy 
truth  triumph  to  the  d  ilium  or  ing  and  blaiphem,- 
hig  erf  thy  name.  But  if  it  is  thy  divine  will, 
that  the  frfsogcg  Chriftians,  ihouid  die  for  the 
glory  of  thy  name,  and  by  their  death  witnefs  un- 
to the  truth,  comfort  them  in  their  iiifferings, 
that:  they  considering  them  as  coming  from  thy 
fatherly  hand,  may  therefore  doing  thy  will,  re- 
main itedfaft,  whether  in  life  or  death  ;  to  thy 
glory,,  to  the  edification  of  thy  church,  and  to 
their  ialvatjon.  We  like  who  beieech  thee,  for 
■all  thole  whom  thou  dofi  aillia,  with  poverty, 
iasprijfoemeat,   £ckne£s  cf  bodx*  or  trouble   of 


446  The  Liturgy, 

mind,  comfort  them  all,  O  Lord,  according  to 
their  feveral  necefiities.  Grant  that  their  chaft- 
ifemcnt  may  bring  them  to  the  knowledge  of 
their  fms,  and  to  an  amendment  of  their  lives. 
Give  them  alio  firm  patience,  alleviate  their  iuf- 
ferings,  and  finally  deliver  them,  that  they  may 
rejoice  in  thy  goodnef?,  and  eternally  praife  thy 
name. 

And,  O  Lord,  take  us,  together  with  all  that 
belongs  to,  or  concerns  us,  in  thy  keeping.  Grant 
that  we  may  live  in  our  rei'peclive  callings  ac- 
cording to  thy  will,  and  fo  ui'e  the  gifts  which 
we  receive  of  thy  151  effing,  that  they  may  not  im- 
pede, but  rather  further  us  to  life  eternal. — 
Strengthen  us  in  all  temptations,  that  we  itriving 
vn  true  faith,  may  overcome,  and  hereafter  enjoy 
w^ith  Chrift,  life  eternal. 

We  a  fie  thee  for  all  thefe  thing?,  as  cur  faithful 
Lord  and  Saviour  Jefus  Chrift  himielf  hath  taught 
us  :  Our  Father,  Sec. 

Afterwards,  the  congregation  is  difmiiV- 

ed  with  the  ufual  bieiimg. 
Receive  the  blejfing  of  the  Lord* 

The  Lord  blels  thee,  and  keep  thee  :  The  Lord 
make  his  face  to  thine  upon  thee,  and  be  gracious 
unto  thee  :  the  Lord  lift  up  his  countenance  up- 
on thee,  and  give  thee  peace. 


A  prayer  befdre  the  explanation  cfthe  catecbifitt, 

O  Heavenly  Father,  thy  word  is  perfect,  con- 
verting the  foul,  a  iure  teftimony,  making 
wife  the  fun  pie,  enlightening  the  eyes  cfthe  blind 
and  a  powerful  means  unto  iaivation,  for  all  thofc 
who  believe.  And  whereas  we  are  not  only  blind 
by  nature-,  but  even  incapable  of  doing  any  good  : 
And  alio  i\v.cc  thou  wilt  heip  none,  but  thole  who 
arc  of  a  broken  and  contrite  heart  ;  we  befeech 
Uys?  to  enlighten,  our  underit  aiding  with  thy  ho- 


The  Liturgy.  447 

fy  Spirit,  and  give  us  a  meek  heart,  free  from  all 
haughtinefs  and  carnal  knowledge,  that  we  may 
hearing  thy  word  rightly  understand  it,  and  reg- 
ulate our  life  accordingly  :  be  gracioully  pleaied 
to  convert  all  thofe  who  frill  ftray  from  thy  truth 
that  we  may  together  with  them,  unanimoully 
ferve  thee  in  true  holinefs  and  righteouineis  all 
the  days  of  our  life. 

We  crave  all  thefe  things  for  Chrift's  fake,  who 
hath  thus  taught  us  to  pray  in  his  name,  and  pro- 
miied  to  hear  us  ;  Our  Father,  &c. 


A  prayer  after  the  explanation  of  the  catechlfm. 

O  Gracious  God,  ar.d  merciful  Father,  we  give 
thee  hearty  thanks  that  it  hath  pleaied  thee 
not  only  to  take  us  in  thy  covenant,  but  alio  our 
little  children,  which  thou  haft  not  only  fealed 
unto  them,  by  thy  holy  baptiim,  but  yet  daily 
fheweth  when  thou  perfected  thy  praife  cut  of 
their  mouths,  thus  to  caufe  the  wife  world  to 
biulh  :  we  beieech  thee,  increafe  thy  grace  in 
them,  that  they  may  always  grow  up  and  wax  in 
Chrii't  thy  Son  ;  till  they  acquire  their  perfect 
manly  age  in  all  knowledge  and  rightecuihefs. 
Give  us  grace,  that  we  may  educate  them,  as 
thou  haft  cummandsd  us,  in  tiiv  knowledge  and 
fear,  tint  by  their  godlineis  the  kingdom  of  fa  tan 
may  be  de.lhoyed,  and  the.  kingdom  of  Jefus 
Chrift  ftrengthened  in  this  and  other  cor.Trcca- 
tions,  to  the  glory  of  thy  holy  name,  and  to  their 
eternal  ialvation,  through  Jeius  Chrift.       Amen. 


J  prayer  before  fcnao'i  in  the  week, 

HEAVENLY  Father,  .eternal  and  merciful 
God,  we  acknov.  !<  Jge  and  cornels  before 
thy  divine  Mdjefty,  that  we  are  poor  rniterable 
imne;^,  conceived  m  fin,  and  born  in  iniquity, 
Li-one  u  all  evil,  unlit  for  any  good  j  and  th^t  we 


44-3  The  Liturgy. 

by  our  finful  life,  continually  tranfgrefs  thy  holy 
commandments,  whereby  we  provoke  thine  an- 
ger againft  us,  and  according  to  thy  righteous 
judgment,  expofe  ourfelves  unto  eternal  damna- 
tion. Eut,  (3  Lord,  we  repent  and  are  ibrrv 
that  we  have  offended  thee,  we  bewail  our  trani- 
greffions,  befeeching  that  thou  wilt  graciouily  pi- 
ty our  mifery.  Have  companion  on  us,  O  moft 
bounteous  God  and  Father,  and  forgive  us  all  our 
fins,  for  that  holy  paffion  of  thy  well-beloved  Son. 
jefus  Chrift.  Grant  us  alio  the  grace  of  thy  ho- 
Iv  Spirit,  that  we  may  with  all  our  hearts  ftudy 
to  know  our  own  unrighteoumefs,  and  iincerely 
abhor  ourfelves  ;  that  fin  may  be  mortified  in  us, 
and  we  be  railed  up  to  a  new  life  ;  that  we  may 
bring  forth  genuine  fruits  of  holinefs  and  right- 
eouinefs,  which  through  Jefus  Chrift  are  accepta- 
ble to  thee.  Give  us  to  underftand  thy  holy 
word  according  to  thy  divine  will,  that  we  may 
learn  thereby  to  put  our  whole  truft  in  thee  a- 
lone,  and  withdraw  it  from  all  creatures.  That 
aifo  our  old  man  ;  with  ail  the  affections  thereof, 
may  be  daily  more  and  more  crucified  and  that 
we  offer  up  ouri'dves  unto  thee  a  living  facrihce, 
to  the  glory  of  thy  holy  name,  and  to  the  educa- 
tion of  our  neighbors  ;  through  Jefus  Chrift  our 
Lord,  who  hath  taught  and  commanded  us  to 
pray,  Our  Father,  £cc. 

A  prayer  after  fcrmoi:  in  the  week. 

LORD  God  Almighty,  let  not  thy  holy  name 
be  profaned  for  our  lins,  for  we  have  divers 
ways  finned  againft  thee,  fince,  we  are  not  obedi- 
ent to  thy  holy  word,  as  we  ought  to  be,  and 
through  ignorance  and  murmuring  daily  ilir  up 
thine  anger  againft  us  :  wherefore  thou  doit  juit- 
lv   punim  us  :   but,  O  Lord,  be  mindful  of  thy 

moB  on  us,     Give 


The  Liturgy.  449 

us  knowledge  of  and  repentence  for  our  fins,  and 
amendment  of  our  lives  :  itrengthen  the  minis- 
ters of  thy  church,  that  they  may  faithfully  and 
fteadfaftly  declare  thy  holy  word  :  and  the  ma- 
giftrates  of  thy  people,  that  they  may  bear  the 
iword  with  equity  and  prudence,  prefer ve  us  from 
all  deceit  and  unfaithfulnefs,  confound  all  evil, 
and  fubtile  counfels  taken  againit  thy  word  and 
church.  O  Lord,  withhold  not  from  us  thy  Spirit 
and  word,  but  grant  us  increafe  of  faith  ;  and  in 
all  trouble  and  adveriity,  patience  and  conftancy. 
Afliit  thy  church,  deliver  her  from  all  affliction, 
derifion,  and  perfecution.  Strengthen  alfo  the 
weak  and  forrowful  of  heart,  and  fend  us  thy 
peace,  through  Jefus  Chriil  our  Lord,  who  hath 
given  us  this  fure  promife  :  verily  verily  I  fay 
unto  you,  whatfoever  ye  (hail  a  Ik  the  Father  in 
my  name  he  will  give  it  you  ;  and  hath  command- 
ed us  to  pray,  Our  Father,  ice. 


A  morning  prayer. 

O  Merciful  Father,  we  thank  thee,  that  thou 
haft  in  faithfulnefs  watched  over  us  the  night 
paft,  and  befeech  thee,  to  Itrengthen,  and  hence- 
forth guide  us  by  thy  holy  Spirit,  that  we  may 
fpend  this  and  all  the  days  of  our  lives  in  all  righ- 
teoufnefs  and  holinefs,  and  that  whatfoever  we 
undertake,  we  may  always  aim  at  the  promoting 
of  thy  glory,  and  expect  all  the  fuccefs  of  our  un- 
dertakings from  thy  bountiful  hand  alone  :  and  to 
the  end  that  we  may  obtain  this  mercy  of  thee,  be 
pleafed  (according  to  thy  promife)  to  forgive  all 
our  fins  through  the  holy  paffion  and  blood -fhed- 
ding  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jefus  Chriil,  for  we 
heartily  repent  of  them.  Enlighten  alfo  our 
hearts,  that  we,  having  call  off  all  works  of  dark  - 
nefs,  may  as  children  of  light  walk  in  a  new  life 
in  all  godlinefs.     Blefs  alio  the  preaching  of  thy 


450  The  Liturgy, 

gofpel.  Deftroy  all  works  of  the  devil.  Strength- 
en all  minifters  of  the  gofpe],  and  magiftrates  of 
thy  people.  Comfort  all  thoie  who  are  perfect- 
ed and  afflicted  in  mind,  through  Jefus  Chrift  thy 
beloved  Son,  who  hath  promiied  us,  that  thou 
wilt  certainly  give  us,  whatfoever  we  ihall  afk  in 
-his  name,  and  therefore  commanded  us  to  pray, 
Our  Father,  &c. 


An  evening  prayer, 

O  Merciful  God,  eternal  light,  (Inning  in  dark- 
nei's,  thou  who  diipclleft  the  night  of  fin,  and 
all  blindneis  of  heart,  fince  thou  haft  appointed 
the  night  for  reft,  and  the  day  for  labor-,  we  bc- 
feech  thee,  grant  that  our  bodies  may  reft  in 
peace  and  q-uietnefs,  that  afterwards  they  may  be 
able  to  endure  the  labor  thev  rauft  bear.  Tem- 
per our  ileep,  that  it  be  not  diibrderly,  that  we 
may  remain  ipotlefs  both  in  body  and  foul,  nay, 
that  our  fleep  itfelf  may  be  to  thy  glory.  En- 
lighten the  eyes  of  our  understanding,  that  we 
may  not  deep  in  death  ;  but  always  look  for  our 
deliverance  from  this  mifery.  Defend  us,  againit 
all  afiaults  of  the  devil,  and  take  us  in  thy  holy 
protection.  And  altho'  we  have  not  paffed  this 
day,  without  having  greatly  fmned  againit  thee, 
we  befeech  thee  to  hide  our  fins  with  thy  mercy, 
as  thou  hideft  ail  things  on  earth  with  the  dark  - 
nefs  of  the  night,  that  we  therefore  may  not  he 
call  out  from  thy  pretence.  Relieve  and  comfort 
all  thofe  who  are  afflicted  or  diftreiYed  in  mind, 
body  or  eftate,  through  Jeius  Chrift  our  Lord, 
who  hath  taught  us  to  pray  :     Our  Father,  &c. 


A  prayer  at  the  opening  of  the  confijiory. 

HEAVENLY  Father,    eternal  and  merciful 
God,  it  hath  pleated  thee  of  thy  infinite  wif- 
ilorn  and  goodnefs,    to  gather  a  church  to  thyfeii 


The   Liturgy.  451 

out  of  all  nations  upon  the  face  of  the  earth,  by 
preaching  of  the  holy  goipel,  and  to  govern  the 
feme  by  the  fervice  of  men.  Thou  haft  alfo  gra- 
eioufly  Called  us  up  to  this  office,  and  command- 
ed us  to  take  heed  unto  ourfeives  and  unto  the 
flock,  which  Chriit  hath  bought  with  his  pecious 
blood.— Since  we  are  at  this  prefent  affembled  in 
thy  holy  name,  after  the  example  of  the  apoftolic 
churches,  to  coniuit  as  our  office  requires  of  thoi'e 
things  which  may  come  before  us,  concerning 
the  welfare  and  edification  of  thy  churches,  for 
which  we  acknowledge  ourfeives  to  be  unfit  and 
incapable,  as  we  are  by  nature  unable  of  ourfeives 
to  think  any  good,  much  lefs  to  put  in  practice  : 
therefore  we  befeech  thee,  O  faithful  God  and 
Father,  that  thou  wilt  be  pleafed  to  be  prefent 
with  thy  holy  Spirit,  according  to  thy  promife, 
in  the  midft  of  our  prefent  affernbly,  to  guide  us 
in  all  truth.  Remove  from  us  all  mifapprehen- 
iions  and  unbecoming  dehres  of  the  flefh,  and 
grant  that  thy  holy  word  may  be  the  only  rule  and 
guide  of  all  our  confultations,that  they  may  tend 
to  the  glory  of  thy  name,  and  to  the  edification 
of  thy  church,  and  to  the  difcharge  of  our  own 
confeiences,  through  jeius  Chrift  thy  Son,  who 
with  thee  and  the  Holy  Ghoft,  the  one  only  true 
God,  art  eternally  to  be  praiied  and  magnified. 
Amen. 


A  prayer  at  the  clofe  of  the  confijlory. 

OLord  God  and  heavenly  Father,  we  heartily 
thank  the,,  that  thou  has  been  pleafed  to  ga- 
ther a  church  to  thvfelf  in  this  part  of  the  world, 
and  to  uis  our  fervice  therein,  granting  us  the 
privilege,  that  we  may  freely  and  without  hin- 
drance preach  thy  holy  gofpel  and  exercife  all 
the  duties  of  godlinefs  ;  moreover  we  thank  thee, 
that  thou  now  haft  been  prefent  with  thy  hoi? 


45-  The  Liturgy. 

Spirit  in  the  midft  of  this  our  affembly,  dire&ing 
our  determinations  according  to  thy  will,  uniting 
our  hearts  in  mutual  peace  and  concord.  We  be- 
i'eech  thee,  O  faithful  God  and  Father,  that  thou 
wilt  gracioufly  be  pleaied  to  blefs  our  intended 
labor,  and  effectually  to  execute  thy  begun  work  : 
always  gathering  untothyfek"  a  true  church,  and 
preferring  the  fame  in  the  pure  doctrine,  and  in 
the  right  ufe  of  thy  holy  facraments,  and  in  a 
diligent  exerciie  of  discipline.  On  the  contrary 
dettroy  all  evil  and  crafty  counfels,  which  are  de- 
viled again  ft  thy  word  and  church.  Strengthen 
alfo  all  minifters  of  thy  church,  that  they  may 
faithfully  and  ftedfaftly  declare  thy  holy  word. 
And  the  magistrates  of  thv  people,  that  they  may 
bear  the  fword  with  righteoufneis  and  difcretion. 
Particularly  we  pray  for  thofe,  whom  thou  haft 
been  pleafed  to  put  in  authority  over  us,  both 
thofe  of  higher  and  lower  dignity,  and  efpecially 
for  the  worlhipful  magistrates  of  this  city.  Grant 
that  their  whole  government  may  be  thus  direct- 
ed, that  the  King  of  all  kings  may  rule  over 
them  and  their  fellow  citizens,  and  that  the  king- 
dom of  the  devil  (which  is  a  kingdom  of  fcandal 
and  reproach)  may,  daily  more  and  more  be  de- 
stroyed and  brought  to  nought  by  them  as  thy 
fervantsi  and  that  we  may  lead  under  them  a 
quiet  and  peaceable  life,  in  all  godlinc-fs,  and  hon- 
eiiy.  Hear  us,  O  God  and  Father,  through  Je- 
fus  Chfift  thv  beloved  Son.  Who  with  thee  and 
the  Holy  Ghoft,  the  onlv  true  God,  are  eternally 
to  be  magnified  and  ptaiied.     Amen. 


A  prayer  at  the  meeting  of  the  deacons. 

MERCIFUL  God  and  Father,  thou  who  haft 
not  only  laid  unto  us,  that  we  mould  always 
have  the  poor  with  us,  but  haft  alfo  commanded 
that  they  fliould  be  ailifted,  and  for  that  end  haft 


The  Liturgy.  453 

ordained  the  fervice  of  deacons  in  thy  church, 
by  whom  they  might  be  relieved  :  and  as  we. 
who  aie  called  to  the  office  of  deacons  in  this  con- 
gregation, are  here  at  prefent  met  in  thy  name, 
To  confult  together  concerning  cur  miniitry, 
therefore  we  humbly  beieech  thee  for  the  fake 
of  Jefus  Chrift,  that  thou  wilt  be  pleafed  to  en- 
due us  with  the  fpirit  of  discretion,  to  the  end 
that  we  may  rightly  diicern  who  are  really  poor, 
and  who  are  not  :  and  that  we  may  with  all  cheer- 
fulnefs  and  fidelity  diftribute  the  aims  collected  by 
us  to  every  one  according  to  his  necefiity,  not 
leaving  the  indigent  members  of  thy  beloved  Son 
comfortlefs,  neither  giving  thofe  who  are  not  in 
want.  Kindle  within  the  hearts  of  men  an  ardent 
love  towards  the  poor,  that  they  may  liberally 
give  of  their  temporal  goods,  of  which  thou  haft 
made  them  ftewards  ;  and  that  we  having  the- 
means  in  hand  to  afiifl  the  indigent,  may  faith* 
fully  without  vexation,  and  with  a  free  heart,, 
lerve  our  office.  Grant  us  alio  the  talents,  not 
only  to  comfort  the  miferable  with  the  external 
gift,  but  alio  with  thy  holy  word.  And  fince 
man  doth  not  live  by  bread  alone,  but  by  every 
v. ordthat  proceedeth  out  of  thy  mouth,  be  plea- 
fed therefore  to  extend  thy  bleffing  over  our  dis- 
tributions, and  increafe  the  bread  of  the  poor, 
that  both  we  and  they  may  have  reafon  to  praih* 
2nd  thank  thee  :  expe&ing  the  bleiYed  coming  of 
thy  beloved  Son  jefus  Chrift,  who  became  poor 
for  our  fakes  to  make  us  rich  in  eternity.  Amen, 
Grace  before  meat. 
Tjalm  145.  Verfe  15,  16. 
The  eyes  of  all  wait  upon- thee,  a?id  thou  givejl  thein 

ibeir  meat  in  due  feafori. Thou  opencjl  thine  hand, 

and  fatisfejl  the  dejire  of  every  livis/g  thing. 

ALMIGHTY4 God,  thou  who  haft  created  s\\ 
things.,  and  doft   ft  ill  maintain  and  govern 


454  The  Liturgy. 

them  by  thy  power,  and  didft  feed  thy  people 
IlVael  in  the  wildernefs,  bleis  us  thy  poor  fer- 
vants,  and  fanclify  thefc  thy  gifts,  which  we  re- 
ceive by  thy  bountiful  goodnefs,  that  we  may 
temporately  and  holily  ule  them  according  to  thy 
will,  and  thereby  acknowledge  that  thou  art  our 
Father,  and  the  Fountain  of  all  good.  Grant  al- 
io that  we  may  at  all  times  and  above  all  things, 
feek  for  that  fpiritual  bread  of  thy  word,  with 
which  our  fouls  are  fed  to  life  etern"  ,  which  thou 
haft  prepared  for  us  by  the  holy  I  )d  of  thy  be- 
loved Son  Jefus  Chrift.  Amen.  C  Father,  i?c. 
Alfo  our  Lord  'jefus  Chrijl  adm^...ifhes  us. 
Luke  21.  34,  35. 

And  take  heed  to  yourfelves,  leaft  at  any  time 
your  hearts  be  overcharged  with  forfeiting  and 
dmnkeneis,  and  cares  of  this  life,  and  fo  that  day 
e.ome  upon  you  unawares  :  for  as  a  inare  (hall  it 
come  on  all  them  that  dwell  on  the  face  of  the 
whole  earth. 

Grace  after  meat. 

Tbzsfpealrth  the  Lord  in  the  fifth  took  of Mofcs, 
Chapter  S,  Verfe  ic,  11. 

V/hen  thou  baft  eaten  and  art  full,  then  tboi.'Jlalt 
blefs  the  Lord  thy  God,  far  the  -o.d  laud  which  I e  I  titb 
given  thee. 

he-iuare  that  thou  forget  not  the  Lord  thy  God,  in 
not  keeping  his  commandments,  and  his  judgments,  and 
bi*  Statutes  ivhich  I  commanded  thee  this  day. 

OLord  God,  and  heavenly  Father,  we  thank 
thee  for  ail  thy  benefits,  which  we  without 
intermiffion  receive  from  thy  bountiful  fend  ;  v.e 
bleis  thv  divine  will,  for  preserving  us  in  this  mor- 
tal life,  and  for  lupplying  all  our  wants  :  but  es- 
pecially for  our  regeneration  unto  a  here  of  a  bet- 
ter life,  which  thou  haft  revealed  unto  us  by  thy 
^ofpel.  We  befeech  thee  merciful  God  snd  Fa- 
ther, not  to  lu'Jer  our  hearts  to  be  fixed  upon  thefe 


The  Liturgy.  455 

garthly  and  corruptible  thing's  :  but  that  we  may 
always  look  up  to  heaven,  expecling  thence  our 
Saviour  Jems  Chrift, until  he  appears  in  the  clouds 
for  our  deliverance.     Arnen.  Our  Father,  ifc. 

A  prayer  for  fick  and  tempted  perfons, 

O  Almighty,  eternal,  righteous  God,  and  mer- 
ciful Father,  thou  who  art  Lord  of  life  and 
death,  and  without  whofe  will  nothing  is  done  in 
heaven  or  in  earth,  aitho'  we  are  not  worthy  to 
call  upon  thy  name,  nor  to  hope  that  thou  wilt 
hear  us,  when  we  confider  how  we  have  hitherto 
employed  our  time  ;  we  befeech  thee  that  thou 
wilt  be  pleaied  of  thy  mercy  to  look  upon  us  in 
the  face  of  Jefus  Chrift,  who  has  taken  all  our  in- 
firmities on  him  :  we  acknowledge  that  we  are 
utterly  incapable  of  any  good,  and  prone  to  all  e- 
vil,  wherefore  we  have  juftly  merited  this  punifh- 
ment,  yea  have  deferved  much  more.  But  Lord, 
thou  knoweft  that  we  are  thy  people,  and  that 
thou  art  our  God  :  we  have  no  other  refuge  than 
to  thy  mercy,  which  thou  never  haft  withheld 
from  any  one  who  turned  himfelf  to  thee.  There- 
fore we  befeech  thee  not  to  impute  our  fins  unto 
us,  but  account  the  wifdorn,  righteouihefs  and  ho- 
linefs  of  Jefus  Chrift  to  us,  that  we  may  in  him  be 
able  to  ftand  before  thee.  De liver  us  for  his  fake 
from  the  lie  iufferings,  that  the  wicked  may  not 
think  that  thou  haft  forfaken  us.  And  if  it  is  thy 
pleafure  longer  thus  to  try  us,  give  us  ftrength 
and  patience  to  bear  all  inch  according  to  thy  will, 
and  let  it  all  turn  according  to  thy  wifdorn  to  our 
profit.  Rather  chaftiio  us  here,  than  hereafter  to 
be  loft  with  the  world.  Grant  that  we  may  die 
from  this  world,  and  all  earthly  things,  and  that 
.we  may  dailv  more  and  moic  be  renewed  after 
the  image  oi  Jefus  Chrift.  Suffer  us  not  to  be 
feparated  by  any  means  from  thy  love  :  but  draw 
Us  daily  n-irrher  and   njffhec  unto  thee,  that  w£ 


456  The  Liturgy. 

may  enter  upon  the  end  of  our  calling  with  joy, 
that  is,  to  die,  to  rife  again  ana  live  with  Clink 
in  eternity.  We  alio  believe  that  thou  wilt  hear 
us  through  Jems  Chrifi,  who  hath  taught  us  to 
pray,  Our  Father,  Slc. 

Strengthen  us  alfo  in  the  true  faith,  which  we 
believe  in  our  hearts  and  profefs  with  our  mouths: 
.  I  believe  in  God,  Stc 

Or  thus, 

ETERNAL,  merciful  God  and  Father,  the  e- 
ternal  falvation  of  the  living  and  the  everlah> 
ing  life  of  the  dying  ;  feeing  that  thou  haft  death 
and  life  in  thine  hand  alone,  and  takelt  i'uch  care 
of  us  continually,  that  neither  health  nor  iicknefs 
nor  any  good  or  evil  can  befal  us,  nay  not  a  hair 
can  fall  from  our  head  without  thy  will.  And 
fmce  thou  do  ft  order  all  things  for  the  good  of  thy 
people,  we  befeech  thee  grant  us  the  grace  of  thy 
holy  Spirit,  to  teach  us  rightly  to  acknowledge 
our  miiery,  and  patiently  to  bear  thy  chaftifings, 
which  we  have  deferved  ten  thoufand  times  more 
fevere.  We  know  that  they  are  not  the  eviden- 
ces of  thy  wrath,  but  of  thy  fatherly  love  towards 
lis,  that  we  fhould  not  be  condemned  with  the 
world. — OLord  increafe  our  faith  in  thine  infinite 
mercv  that  we  may  be  more  and  more  united  to 
Chriit,  as  members  to  their  fpiritual  head,  to  whom 
thou  wilt  make  us  conform  in  mffering  and  in  glo- 
ry. Lighten  the  ciofs,  lb  that  our  weaknefs  may 
be  able  to  bear  it,  we  fubmit  ourfelves  entirely  to 
thy  holy  will,  whether  thou  art  pleafed  to  conti- 
nue our  fouls  longer  in  thefe  tabernacles,  or  take 
them  into  eternal  life,  nrice  we  belong  to  Chriit 
and  therefore  mall  not  perifh.  We  would  wil- 
lingly leave  this  weak  body  in  hopes  of  a  bleffed 
reiurreclion,  when  it  (hall  be  reltored  to  us  much 
more  glorious.  Grant  us  to  experience  the  blei- 
ied  comfort  of  the  n'miffion  of  lins,  and  ofjulUa- 


Of  Baptiftri.  457 


tation  through  Chrift,  that  we  by  that  fhield  may 
overcome  all  the  affatllts  of  latan;  May  his  inno- 
cent blood  waih  away  all  the  Itain  and  unclean- 
fiefs  of  our  fine,  and  his  righteoumefs  anfwer  for 
our  unrighteouiheis  in  thy  laft.  judgment.  Arm 
us  with  faith  and  hope,  that  we  may  not  be  afham- 
ei  or  confounded  by  the  terror  of  death,  but  when 
our  bodily  eyes  are  clofing  in  darknefs,  may  the 
eyes  of  our  fouls  be  directed  towards  thee,  and  «! 
when  thou  malt  have  deprived  us  of  the  ufe  of 
our  tongues,  may  our  hearts  never  ceafe  to  calL 
upon  thee.  O  Lord,  we  commit  our  fouls  into 
thy  hands,  forfake  us  not  in  our  laft  extremity, 
and  that  only  for  the  fake  of  Chrift  Jefus,  who 
hath  taught  us  to  pray,  Our  Father,  8cc. 

The  form  for  the  admin': 'ft ration  of  baptifm,  to  infants 
of  believers. 

T^HE  principal  parts  of  the  doctrine  of  holy 
baptiim  are  thefe  three  :  Firft.  That  we 
with  our  children  are  conceived  and  born  in  fin, 
and  therefore  are  children  of  wrath,  in  fo  much 
that  we  cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God, 
except  we  are  born  again.  This  the  dipping  in 
or  fprinkling  with  water  teaches  us,  whereby  the 
impurity  of  our  fouls  is  figriified,  and  we  admon- 
ished to  loath,  and  humble  ourfelves  before  God, 
and  feek  for  our  purification  and  ialvation  with- 
out ourfelves. 

Secondly.  Holy  baptifm  witneffeth  and  feal- 
eth  unto  us  the  waihing  away  of  fins  through  Je- 
fus Chriit.  Therefore  we  are  bapriied  in  the 
name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the 
Holy  Ghoft.  For  when  we  are  baptiied  in  the 
name  of  the  Father,  God  the  Father  witneffeth 
and  iealeth  unto  us,  that  he  doth  make  an  eternal 
covenant  of  grace  unco  us,  and  adopt  us  for  his 
A  a 


458 


Adminiflration 


children  and  heirs,  and  therefore  will  provide  us 
with  every  good  thing,  and  avert  all  evil,  or  turn 
it  to  our  profit.  And  when  we  are  baptifed  in  the 
aame  of  the  Son,  the  Son  fealethunto  us,,  that  he 
doth  wafn  us  in  his  blood  of  all  our  fins,  incorpo- 
rating us  into  the  fellowship  of  his-  death  and  re- 
furrection,  fo  that  we  are  freed  from  all  our  fins, 
and  accounted  righteous  before  God.  In  like 
manner,  when  we  are  baptifed  in  the  name  of  the 
Holy  Ghoft,.  the  Hcly  Ghoft  affures  us,,  by  this^ 
holy  facrament,  that  he  will  dwell  in  us,  and  fanc- 
tify  us  to  be  members  of  Chrift,  applying  unto  usr 
that  which  we  have  in  Chrift,  namely,  the  warn- 
ing away  of  our  fins,  and  the  daily  renewing  of 
our  lives,  till  we  fhall  hnally  be  presented  with- 
out fpot  or  wrinkle  among  the  affembly  of  the 
elect  in  life  eternaL 

Thirdly.  Whereas  in  all  covenants,  there  are 
contained  two  parts  ;  therefore  are  we  by  God 
through  baptifm  admonifned  of,. and  obliged  unto 
new  obedience, namely,  that  we  cleave  to  this  one 
God,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghoft  ;  that  we  truft 
in  him.  and  love  him  with  all  our  hearts,  with  all 
our  fouls,  with  all  our  mind,  and  with  all  our 
ftrength  ;  that  we  foriake  the  world,  crucify  our 
old  nature,  and  walk  in  a  new  and  holy  life. 

And  if  we  fometimes  through  weaknefs  fall  in- 
to fin,  we  muft  not  therefore  deipair  of  God's 
mercy,  nor  continue  in  fin,  fince  baptifm  is  a  feal 
and  undoubted  teftimony,  that  we  have  an  eter- 
nal covenant  of  grace  with  God. 

And  although  our  young  children  do  not  un- 
derstand thefe  things^  we  may  not  therefore  ex- 
clude them  from  baptifm,  for  as  they  are  without 
their  knowledge,  partakers  of  the  condemnation 
In  Adam,  fo  are  they  again  received  unto  grace 
in  Chrift  ;  as  God  fpeaketh  unto  Abraham  the  fa- 
ther of  all  the  faithfu^  and  therefore  unto  us  and 


Of  Baptifm.  459 

oar  children.  Gen.  17,  7.  Saying,  I  will  eftab- 
lifh  my  covenant  between  me  and  thee,  and  thy 
feed  after  thee,  in  their  generations,  for  an  ever- 
lailing  covenant  ;  to  be  a  God  unto  thee,  and  to 
•thy  feed  after  thee.  This  alfo  the  Apoftie  Peter 
teitifieth,  with  th-fe  words,  Acts  2,  39.  For  the 
promiie  is  unto  you,  and  to  your  children,  and  to 
all  that  are  afar  off,  even  as  many  as  .the  Lord  out 
God  fkall  call.  Therefore  God  formerly  com- 
manded them  to  be  circumcifed,  which  was  afea! 
ef  the  covenant,  and  the  righteoufnefs  of  faith  : 
and  therefore  Chriit  alfo  embraced  them,  laid  his 
hands  upon  them  and  bleffed  them  :  Mark.  ch.  10- 
Since  then  baptifm  is  come  in  the  place  of  cir— 
cumcifion,  therefore  infants  are  to  be  baptifed  as 
heirs  of  the  kingdom  of  God,  and  his  covenant. 
And  parents  are  in  duty  bound,  farther  to  inftrucfc 
their  children  herein,  when  they  mail  arrive  to 
years  of  difcretion.  That  therefore  this  holy  or- 
dinance of  God,  may -be  adminiftered  to  his  glo- 
ry, to  our  comfort,  and  the  edification  of  his 
church,  let  us  call  upon  his  holy  name. 

O  Almighty  and  eternal  God  (**  who  in  thy  fe« 
vere  judgment  didft  punifh  the  unbelieving 
and  impenitent  world  with  the  flood,  and  didft  df 
thy  great  mercy  fave  and  preferve  the  faithful 
Noah  and  his  family  :  who  didft  drown  the  hard- 
hearted Pharoah  with  all  his  hoil  in  the  Red  fea, 
.and  did  fafely  lead  thy  people  Ifrael  through  the 
fame,  by  which  baptifm  was  ngnified.")  We  be- 
feech  thee  that  thou  wilt  be  pleafed  of  thine  in- 
finite mercy,  gracioufly  to  look  upon  thefe  chil- 
dren, and  incorporate  them  by  thy  holy  Spirit  in- 
to thy  Son  Jefus  Chrift,  that  they  may  be  buried 
^vith  him  into  his  death,  and  be  raifed  with  him 
•in  newnefs  of  life  ;  that  they  may  daily  follow 
him,  joyfully  bearing  their  crofs,  and  cleave  un- 
to him  in  true  faith,  firm  hope,  and  ardent  iove| 


460 


Adminifl  ration 


that  they  may  with  a  comfortable  fenfe  of  thy  fa- 
vor, leave  this  life  (which  is  nothing  but  a  con- 
tinual death)  and  at  the  laft  cay,  may  appear  with. 
out  terror  before  the  judgment-feat  of  Chriit  thy 
Son,  thro'  Jefus  Chriit  our  Lord,  who  with  thee 
and  the  Holy  Ghoft,  one  only  GOD,  lives  and 
reigns  for  ever,  Amen. 
An  exhortation  to  the  parents,  and  thofe  who  come 
•with  than  to  baptifm. 

BELOVED  in  the  Lord  Chriit,  you  have  heard 
that  baptifm  is  an  ordinance  of  God,  to  feal 
unto  us  and  to  our  feed  nis  covenant,  therefore  it 
muft  be  tried  for  that  end,  and  not  out  of  cuilom 
or  fuperftition.  That  it  may  then  be  manifeffc, 
that  ye  are  thus  minded,  you  are  to  anfwer  fm.- 
ccrely  upon  thefe  queftions  : — 

FiiJI.  Whether  you  do  not  acknowledge,  that 
altho'  our  children  are  conceived  and  born  in  £n, 
and  therefore  are  fubject  to  all  miferies,  yea  to 
condemnation  itfelf,  yet  that  they  are  fanciifted 
in  Chrift,  and  therefore  as  members  of  his  church 
ought  to  be  baptifed  ? 

Secondly.  W  hether  you  do  not  acknowledge  the 
doclrine  which  is  contained  in  the  old  and  neiutef 
turncnt,  and  in  the  articles  of  the  Cbrijiian  faith,  and 
which  is  taught  here  in  this  Chriflian  church,  to 
be  the  true  and  perfect  dcclrine  of  falvation  ? 

Thirdly.  Whether  ycu  do  not  promife  and  in- 
tend to  lee  thefe  children,  when  come  to  the  years 
of  diicretion,  (whereof  thou  art  either  father  or 
witnefs)  inftrucied  and  brought  up  in  the  afore- 
faid  doctrine,  or  help  or  cauie  them  to  be  initrucl- 
ed  therein  to  the  utmoft  of  your  power  ? 
Anfwer,     Yes. 

Then  the  minifter  of  God's  word  in  beptifing, 
Thall  lay,  N.  I  baptife  thee,  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Sen,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghoft 
Amen. 


Of  Baptifm.  461 

■Tbani/jivi.ig. 

ALMIGHTY  God  ana  merciful  Father,  we 
thank  and  praife  thee,  that  thou  haft  forgiv- 
en us,  and  our  children,  all  our  fins,  through  the 
blood  of  thy  beloved  Son  Jefus  Chriit,  and  receiv- 
ed us  through  thy  holy  Spine,  as  members  of  thy 
only  begotten  Son,  and  adopted  us  to  be  thy  chil- 
dren, and  fealed  and  confirmed  the  fame  unto  us 
by  holy  biaptifm  :  we  beieech  thee  through  the 
fame  Son  of  thy  love,  that  thou  wilt  be  pleafed 
always  to  govern  theie  baptifed  children  by  thy 
holy  Spirit,  that  they  may  be  pipuily  and  religi- 
oufly  educated,  increafe  and  grow  up  in  the  Lord 
Jefus  Chriit,  that  they  may  acknowledge  thy  fa- 
therly goodnefs  and  mercy,  which  thou  haft  ihewn 
to  them  and  us,  and  live  in  all  righteoufnefs,  un- 
der our  only  tocher,  king  and  high-prieft,  Jefus 
Chart,  and  manfully  fight  againft,  and  overcome 
fin,  the  devil  and  his  whole  dominion,  to  the  end 
that  they  may  eternally  praife  and  magnify  thee, 
and  thy  fon  jefus  Chriit,  together  with  the  Holy 
Ghoft,  the  one  only  true  God.     Amen. 

The  form  for  the  adrnimjtration  of  holy  baptifm  to  a- 
dult  perfons. 

HOWEVER  children  of  Chriftian  parents  (aU 
tho'  they  underftand  not  this  myftery)  mult 
be  baptifed  by  virtue  of  the  covenant ;  yet  it  is 
not  lawful  to  baptife  thofe  who  are  come  to  years 
of  difcretion,  except  they  firft  <be  fenfible  of  their 
fins,  and  make  confeiiion  both  of  their  repentance 
and  faith  in  Chrift  ;  for  this  caufe  hath  not  only 
John  the  Baptift  preached  (according  to  the  com- 
mand of  God)  the  baptifm  of  repentance,  and  bap- 
tifed, for  the  remiffion  of  fins,  thofe  who  confeff. 
ed  their  fins,  Mark  1,  Luke  3.  But  our  Lord  Je- 
fus Chrifl.  hath  alio  commanded  his  difciples  to 
A  a  a 


462  Admin  ill  rat  ion 

ter.ch  all  nations,  and  then  to  baptife  them,  in  the 
nan  e  of  the  Father,  arid  of  the  Son,  and  of  the 
Holy  Gl  oft,  Mat.  2S.  iLfar/fe  16.  Adding  this  pro* 
mile  :  He  that  believeth,  and  isbaptifed,  fhall  be 
Javed.  According  to  which  rule,  the  apoftles,  as 
appeareth  out  of  Acts  t.  to  and  16,  have  baptiied 
none  who  were  of  years  of  difcretion,  but  fuch 
"who  made  cpnfeflioii  of  their  faith  and  repent- 
ance ;  therefore  it  is  not  lawful,  now  a-days,  to 
baptife  any  other  adult  perfons,  than  fuch  as  have 
been  taught  the  myfteries  of  holy  baptifm,  by  the 
preaching  of  the  goipel,  and  are  able  to  give  an 
account  of  their  faith  by  the  confeflion  of  the 
Hiputh.  Since  therefore  you  N.  are  alio  defirous 
or  holy  baptifm,  to  the  end,  it  may  be  to  you  a 
feai  of  your  ingrafting  into  the  church  of  God, 
that  it  mav  appear  that  you  do  not  onlv  receive 
the  CI  rift  ian  religion  in  which  you  have  been  pri- 
vately inftructed  by  us,  and  of  which  alfo  ycu  have 
made'  con  ft  fli  on  before  us,  but  that  you,  (through 
the  grace  of  God)  intend  and  purpofe  to  lead  a 
life  according  to  the  fame  ;  you  are  fincerely  to 
give  anfwer  before  God  and  his  church. 

Fir/i.  Boil  thou  believe  in  the  only  true  God, 
dilluct  in  three  perfons,  father,  Son,  and  Holy 
Ghoft,  who  hath  made  heaven  and  earth,  and  all 
that  in  them  is,  of  nothing,  and  ftill  maintains 
and  governs  them,  infemuch  that  nothing  comes 
to  p  is,  either  in  heaven  or  on  earth,  without  his 
divine  wl'I  ?  Anfwer.     Yes. 

Secondly.  Doft  thou  believe  that  thou  art  con- 
ceived and  born  in  fin,  and  therefore  art  a  child 
of  wrath  by  nature,  wholly  incapable  of  doing  a- 
ny  good,  and  prone  to  all  e vii  ;  ind  that  thou  hail 
frequently,  both  in  thought,  word  and  deed,  tranf- 
greffed  the  comtfcandments  of  '  e  Lord  :  aqd 
whether  thcu  art  heartily  lorry  for  thcie  fins  ? 
Anfwer.     Yes. 


Of  the  Lord's  Supper.       463 

Thirdly.  Doft  thou  believe  that  Chrift,  who  is 
the  true  and  eternal  God,  and  very  man,  who 
took  his  human  nature  on  him  out  oi  the  flefh  and 
blood  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  is  given  thee  of  God, 
to  be  thy  Saviour  and  that  thou  doft  receive  by 
this  faith,  remiffion  of  fins  in  his  blood,  and  that 
thou  art  made  by  the  po<ver  of  the  Holy  Ghoft, 
a  member  of  Jefus  Chrift,  and  his  church  ? 
Anfwir.     Yes. 

Fourthly.  Doft  thou  affent  to  all  the  articles  of 
the  Chriftian  religion,  as  they  are  taught  here,  in 
this  Chriftian  church,  according  to  the  word  of 
God,  and  purpofe  ftedfaftly  to  continue  in  the 
fame  doctrine  to  the  end  of  thy  life  :  and  alfo 
doft  thou  reject  all  heretics  and  fchifms,  repug- 
nant to  this  doclrine,  and  promiie  to  perievere  in 
the  communion  of  our  Chriftian  church,  not  only 
in  the  hearing  of  the  word  but  alfo  in  the  ufe  of 
the  Lord's  fupper  ? 

An  fiver.     Yes. 

Fifthly.  Kaft  thou  taken  a  firm  refolution  al- 
ways to  lead  a  Chriftian  life,  to  forfake  the  world 
and  its  evil  lufts,  and  is  becoming  the  members  of 
Chrift  and  his  Church,  and  to  fubmit  vourfelf  to 
all  Chriftian  admonitions  ?\ 
Anfwer.     Yes. 

The  good   and  great  God  mercifully  grant  his 
grace  and  tleffing  to  this  your  purpofe,  through  ' 
Jefus  Chrift,  Amen. 

The  form  for the  adminijl ration  of the  Lord's  Supper. 

BELOVED  in  the  Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  attend  to 
the  words  of  the  inftitution  of  the  hoiv  fup- 
per of  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  as  they  are  deliver- 
ed by  the  holy  apoftle  Paul,  i  Cor.  n.  23 — 30. 

For  I  have  received  of  the  Lord,  that  which 
alfo  I  delivered  unto  you,  that  the  Lord  Jefua  the 
lame  night  in  which  he  was  betrayed,  took  bread ; 


4^4 


Adminiflratioii 


and  when  he  had  given  thanks,  he  brake  it,  and 
faid,  take  eat,  this  is  my  body,  which  is  broken 
for  you,  this  do  in  remembrance  of  me.  And  af- 
ter the  fame  manner  alfo,  he  took  the  cup,  when 
he  had  Tupped,  faying,  this  cup  is  the  new  teita- 
ment,  this  do  ye,  as  oft  as  ye  drink  it  in  remem- 
brance of  me,  for  as  oft  as  ye  eat  this  bread  and 
drink  this  cup,  ye  do  fhew  the  Lord's  dfcath  til! 
he  come  ;  wherefore,  whoioever  fhall  eat  this 
bread,  and  drink  this  cup  of  the  Lord  unworthily 
fhall  be  guilty  of  the  body  and  blood  of  the  Lord. 
But  let  a  man  examine  himielf,  and  fo  let  him  eat 
of  that  bread,  and  drink  of  that  cup  ;  for  he  that 
eatethanddrinketh  unworthily,  eatethand  drink- 
eth  damnation  to  himfelf,  not  diicerning  ttfe 
Lord's  body. — That  we  may  new  celebrate  the 
fupper  of  the  Lord  to  our  comfort,  it  is  above  alL 
things  neeeffary, 

Fir/f,     Rightly  to  examine  ourfelves. 

Secondly.  To  direct  it  to  that  end,  for  which 
Chrift  hath  ordained  and  iriftituted  the  fame, 
namely,  to  his  remembrance.  The  true  exami- 
nation of  ourfelves,  con fifts  of  thefe  three  parts. 

Fi.ji.  That  every  one  confider  by  himielf,  his 
fins  and  the  curie  due  to  him  for  them,  to  the 
end  that  he  may  abhor  and  humble  himfelf  be- 
fore God  :  confidering  that  the  wrath  cf  God  a- 
■  ;:iaft  fin  is  fo  great,  that  (rather  than  it  fhould 
go  unpuniihed)  he  hath  puniihed  the  fame  in  his 
beloved  Son  Jefus  Chrift,  with  the  bitter  and 
Shameful  death  of  the  crofs. 

Secondly.  That  every  one  examine  his  own 
heart,  whether  he  doth  believe  this  faithful  pro- 
rnife  of  God  that  all  his  fins  are  forgiven  him,  on- 
ly  for  the  fake  of  the  paffion  and  death  of  Jefus 
Chrift,  and  that  the  perfect  rightecufnefs  of  Chrift 
is  imputed  and  freely  given  him  as  his  own,  yea, 
io  perfectly  as  if  he  had  fatislied  in  his  own  per- 


Of  the  Lord's  Supper.       465 

fon  for  all  his  fins,  and  fulfilled  all  righteoufhefs. 

Thirdly.  That  every  one  examine  his  own  con- 
ference, whether  he  purpofeth  henceforth  to 
fh'ew  true  thankfulnefs  to  God  in  his  whole  life, 
and  to  walk,  uprightly  before  him  :  as  alfo,  whe- 
ther he  hath  laid  afide  unfeignedly  all  enmity,  ha- 
tred, and  envy,  and  doth  firmly  refolve  hence- 
forward to  walk,  in  true  love  and  peace  with  his 
neighbor. 

All  thofe  then  who  are  thus  difpofed,  God  will 
certainly  receive  in  mercy,  and  count  them  wor- 
thy partakers  of  the  table  of  his  Son  Jefus  Chrift. 
On  the  contrary,  thofe  who  do  not  feel  this  tefti- 
roony  in  their  hearts,  eat  and  drink  judgment  to 
themfelves. 

Therefore  we  alfo,  according  to  the  command 
of  Chrift  and  the  apoftle  Paul,  admonifh  all  thofe 
who  are  defiled  with  the  following  fins,  to  keep 
themfelves  from  the  table  of  the  Lord,  and  de- 
clare to  them  that  they  have  no  part  in  the  king- 
dom of  Chrift  ;  fuch  as  all  idolaters,  all  thofe  who 
invoke  deceafed faints, angels,  or  other  creatures; 
all  thofe  who  worfhip  images  ;  all  inchanters,  di- 
viners, charmers,  and  thofe  who  give  credit  to 
fuch  inchantments  ;  all  defpifers  of  God  an  i  his 
word,  and  of  the  holy  facraments  ;  ail  blafphe- 
mers  ;  all  thofe  who  are  given  to  raife  difcord, 
fe;ts  and  mutiny  in  church  or  ft  ate-;  all  perjured 
perfons  ;  all  thofe  who  are  difobedient  to  their 
parents  and  fuperiors  ;  all  murderers,  contentious 
perfons,  and  thofe  who  live  in  hatred  and  envy 
againft  their  neighbors  ;  all  adulterers,  whore- 
mongers, drunkards,  thieves,  ufurers,  robbers, 
gamefters,  covetous,  and  all  who  lead  offeniive 
lives. 

All  thefe,  while  they  continue  in  fuch  fins, 
{half  abftain  from  this  meat  (which  Chrift  hath 
wdsir.ed   only  for  the  faithful)   left  their  judgr 


466  Adminiftration 

nient  and  condemnation  be  made  the  heavier. 
But  this  is  not  defigned  (dearly  beloved  brethren 
and  filters  in  the  Lord)  to  deject  the  contrite 
hearts  of  the  faithful,  as  if  none  might  come  to  the 
fupper  of  the  Lord,  but  thole  who  are  without 
fin  ;  for  we  do  not  come  to  this  fupper,  to  tefti- 
fy  thereby  that  we  are  perfect  and  righteous  in 
ourfelves  :  but  on  the  contrary,  considering  that  ' 
we  feek  our  life  out  of  ourfelves  in  Jefus  Chrift, 
we  acknowledge  that  we  lie  in  the  miditof  death  ; 
therefore,  notwithstanding  we  feel  many  infirmi- 
ties and  miferies  in  ourfelve,  as  namely,  that  we 
have  not  perfect  faith,  and  that  we  do  not  give 
ourfelves  to  ferve  God  with  that  zeal  as  we  are 
bound,  but  have  daily  to  ftrive  with  the  weak- 
ness of  our  iaith,  and  the  evil  lufts  of  our  ikfh  ; 
yet,  fince  we  are  (by  the  grace  of  the  Holy  Ghoft) 
forry  for  thefe  weakneiTes,  and  earnestly  defir- 
ous  to  -fight  against  our  unbelief,  and  to  Live  ac- 
cording to  all  the  commandments  of  God :  there- 
fore we  reft  assured  that  no  fin  or  infirmity,  which 
itill  remaineth  againlt  our  will,  in  us,  can  hinder 
us  from  being  received  of  God  in  mercy,  andfrora 
being  made  worthy  partakers  of  this  heavenly 
meat  and  drink. 

Let  us  now  alfo  consider,  to  what  end  the  Lord 
hath  inftituted  the  fupper,  namely,  that  we  do  it 
in  remembrance  of  him  :  Now  after  this  manner 
are  we  to  remember  him  by  it. 

Fitft.  That  we  are  confidently  perfuaded  in 
our  hearts,  that  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  (according 
to  the  promifes  made  to  our  forefathers  in  the 
old  testament)  was  fent  of  the  Father  into  the 
world  :  that  he  afTumed  our  flefh  and  blood  ; 
that  he  bore  for  us  the  wrath  of  God  (under 
which  we  fhould  have  perifhed  everlastingly) 
from  the  beginning  of  his  incarnation,  to  the  end 
*i  his  life  upon  earth,  and  that  he  hath  fulfilled 


Of  the  Lord's  Supper.       467 

lor  us,  all  obedience  to  the  divine  law,  and  right- 
eoufnefs  ;  efpecially  when  the  weight  of  our  fins 
and  the  wrath  of  God  preffed  out  of  him  the  bloo- 
dy fweat,  in  the  garden,  where  he  was  bound  that 
we  might  be  freed  from  our  fins  ;  that  he  after- 
wards fuffered  innumerable  reproaches-,  that  we 
might  never  be  Goofounded. — That  he  was  inno- 
cently condemned  to  death,  that  we  might  be  ac- 
quitted at  the  judgment-feat  of  God  ;  yea  that 
he  fuffered  his  bleffed  body  to  be  nailed  on  the 
crofs — that  he  might  fix  thereon  the  hand-writing 
of  our  fins  :  and  hath  alfo  taken  upon  himfelf 
the  curfe  due  to  us,  that  he  might  fill  us  with  his 
bleffings  ;  and  hath  humbled  himfelf  unto  the 
deepeft  reproach  and:  pains  of  hell,  both  in  body 
and  foul,  on  the  tree  of  the  crofs,  when  he  cried 
out  with  a  loud  voice,  My  God  !  my  God  !  why  haji 
thou  forfaken  me  .'  That  we  might  be  accepted  of 
God,  and  never  be  forfaken  ©f  him.  And  finally 
confirmed  with  his  death  and  fhedding  of  his- 
blood,  the  new  and  eternal  teftament,  that  cove- 
nant of  graee  and  reconciliation,  when  he  faid  it  is 
fmifhed. 

And  that  we  might  firmly  believe  that  we  belong 
tip  this  covenant  of  grace,  the  Lord  Jefus  Chrift, 
in  his  laft  fupper,  took  bread,  and  when  he  had 
given  thanks,  he  brake  it,  and  gave  it  to  his  dif- 
ciples  and  faid,  Take  eat,  this-  is  my  body  which 
is  broken  for  you,  this  do  in  remembrance  of 
me  ;  in  like  manner  alfo  after  fupper  he  took 
the  cup,  gave  thanks  and  faid,  Drink  ye  ail  of  it; 
this  cup  is  the  -new  teftament  m  my  blood,  which 
is  flied  for  you  and  for  many,,  for  the  remifiion  of 
fins  ;  this  do  ye  as  often  as  ye  drink  it  in  remem- 
brance of  me  :  that  is,  as  often  as  ye  eat  of  this- 
bread  and  drink  of  this  cup,  you  fhall  thereby,  as- 
by  a  fure  remembrance  and  pledge,  be  admonifh- 
ed  and  allured  of  this  my  hearty  love  and  faith- 


468 


Adminiflration 


fulnefs  towards  you  ;  that  whereas  you  fhpuld 
otherwife  have  fuifered  eternal  death,  I  have  giv- 
en my  body  to  the  death  of  the  crofs,  and  ihed 
my  blood  for  you  ;  and  as  certainly  feed  and 
nourilh  your  hungry  and  thirfty  foul  with  my  cru- 
cified body  and  filed  blood  to  everlailing  life,  as 
this  bread  is  broken  before  your  eyes,  and  this 
cup  is  given  to  you,  and  you  eat  and  drink  the 
fame  with  your  mouth,  in  remembrance  of  me. 

From  this  inftitution  of  the  holy  fupper  of  our 
Lord  Jelus  Chrift,  we  fee  that  he  directs  our  faith 
and  truft  to  his  perfect  facrifice  (once  offered  on 
the  crofs)  as  to  the  only  ground  and  foundation 
of  our  falvation,  wherein  he  is  become  to  our 
hungry  and  thirfty  fouls,  the  true  meat  and  drink 
of  life  eternal.  For  by  his  death  he  hath  taken 
away  the  caufe  of  our  eternal  death  and  mifery, 
namely,  fin  ;  and  obtained  for  us  the  quickening 
fpirit,  that  we  by  the  fame  (which  dwelleth  in 
Chrift.  as  the  head,  and  in  us  as  his  members) 
might  have  true  communion  with  him,  and  be 
made  partakers  of  all  his  bleiiings  of  life  eternal, 
righteoufnefs,  and  glory. 

Befides,  that  we  by  the  fame  fpirit  mav  alfo  be 
united  as  members  of  one  body  in  true  brotherly 
love,  as  the  apoftie  faith,  for  we  being  many,  are 
one  bread  and  one  body  ;  for  we  are  all  partakers 
of  that  one  bread.  For  as  out  of  many  grains  one 
meal  is  ground,  and  one  bread  is  baked,  and  out 
of  many  berries  being  prefled  together,  one  wine 
fioweth,  and  mixeth  itfelf  together  ;  fo  lhall  we 
all,  who  by  a  true  faith  are  ingrafted  into  Chijift, 
be  altogether  one  body,  through  brotherly  love, 
for  Chrift's  fake,  our  beloved  Saviour,  who  hath 
lb  exceedingly  loved  us  :  and  not  only  (hew  this 
in  word,  but  alfo  in  very  deed  towards  one  a- 
nother. 


Of  the  Lord's  Supper.       469 


n 


Hereto  aflift  us,  the  Almighty  God  and  Father 
of  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  through  his  holy  Spirit, 
Amen. 

{"That  we  may  obtain  all  this,  let  us  humbh 
^  ourielves  before  God,  and  with  true  faith  im- 
/plor.e  his  grace. 

OMoit  merciful  God  and  Father,  we  befeech 
thee  that  thou  wilt  be  pleafed  in  this  fupper 
(in  which  we  celebrate  the  glorious  remembrance 
of  the  bitter  death  of  thy  beloved  Son  Jeius 
Chrift)  to  work  in  our  hearts  thro'  thy  holy  Spirit, 
that  we  may  daily  more  and  more  with  true  con- 
fidence, give  ourfelves  up  unto  thy  Son  Jefus 
Chrift,  that  our  afflicted  and  contrite  hearts 
through  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghoft  may  be  fed 
and  comforted  with  his  true  body  and  blood  j 
yea,  with  him,  true  God  and  man,  that  only 
heavenly  bread  :  and  that  we  may  no  longer  live 
in  our  fins,  but  he  in  us,  and  we  in  him,  and  thus 
truly  be  made  partakers  of  the  new  and  everlaft- 
ing  teflament,  and  of  the  covenant  of  grace. 
That  we  mav  not  doubt  but  thou  wilt  for  ever  be 
our  gracious  Father,  never  more  imputing  our 
fins  unto  us,  and  providing  us  with  all  things 
neceflary  as  well  for  the  body  as  the  foul,  as  thy 
beloved  children  and  heirs  ;  grant  us  aifo  thy 
grace,  that  we  may  take  upon  us  ourcrofs  cheer- 
fully,  deny  ourfcives,  confefs  our  Saviour  and  in 
all  tribulations  with  uplifted  heads  expecr.  our 
Lord  Jeius  Chrift  from  heaven,  where  he  will 
make  our  mortal  bodies  like  unto  his  molt  glorious 
body,  and  take  us  unto  him  in  eternity,  Aivie*. 

Our  Father,  &c. 

Strengthen  us  alio  by  this  holy  fupper  in  the 
Catholic  undoubted  Chriftian  faith,  whereof  we 
make  confeifion  with  our  mouths  and  hearts, 
having, 

B  b 


4yo  Adminiflratlon 

/Believe  in  God  the  Father  Almighty,  linker  cfheoc- 
ven  and  earth  :  and  in  Jefus  Chriji  his  only  Son  our 
Lord  :  nvho  was  conceived  by  the  Holy  Ghojl,  born  of 
the  Virgin  Mary,  fuffered  under  Pontius  tilate,  ivas 
crucified,  dead  and  buried,  he  defended  into  hell  :  the 
third  day  he  rofe  again  from  the  dead,  he  afcended  in- 
to heaven,  and  fitteth  on  the  right  hand  of  God  the 
Father  almighty  :  from  the?ice  hejhall  come  to  judge 
the  quick  and  the  dead. 

I  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghojl :  the  holy  Catholic  church: 
the  communion  of  faints  :  the  forgivenefs  of  fins  :  the 
rrfurreclion  of  the  body  ;  arid  the  life  everlajling. 
Amen. 

That  we  may  be  now  fed  with  the  true  heaven- 
ly bread  Chriil  Jefus  ;  let  us  not  cleave  with  our 
hearts  unto  the  external  bread  and  wine,  but  lift 
them  up  on  high  in  heaven,  where  Chrift  Jefus 
is  our  advocate,  at  the  right  hand  of  his  heavenly 
Father,  whither  alfo  the  articles  of  cur  faith  lead^ 
us  j  not  doubting  but  we  fhall  as  certainly  be  fed 
and  refrelhed  in  our  fouls  through  the  working  of 
the  Holy  Ghoft  with  his  body  and  blood,  as  we 
receive  the  holy  bread  and  wine  in  remembrance 
of  him. 

{In  breaking  and  diftributing  the  bread,   the 7 
Minifter  fhall  fay,  J 

The  bread  which  we  brake,  is  the  communion 
of  the  body  ofChrift. 

<5  And  when  he  giveth  the  cup,  J> 
The  cup  of  blefiing,  with  which  we   blefs,  is 
the  communion  of  the  blood  of  Chrift. 

During  the  communion,  there  fhall  or  may") 
be  devoutly  fung,  a  pfalm,  or  fome  chapter  j 
read,  in  remembrance  of  the  death  ofChrift,  )> 
as  the  53d  chap,  of  liaiah,  the  13,  14,  15,  16, 
17,  and  18,  chapters  of  John,  or  the  like. 

{After  the  Communion^ 
the  Minifter  ihall- fay,  j* 


Of  the  Lord's, Supper.       471 

Beloved  in  the  Lord,  fince  trie  Lord  hath  now 
fed  our  fouls  at  his  table  let  us  therefore  jointly 
praife  his  holy  name  with  thunkfgiving,  and  eve- 
ry one  lay  in  his  heart,  thus, 

Elefs  the  Lord,  0  my  foul  ;  and  al^that  is  nvithin 
me,  blefis  his  holy  name. 

Bhfs  the  Lord,  0  my  foul,  and  forget  not  all  his  be- 
nefits. 

Who  forgiveth  all  thine  iniquities  :  vuho  healeth  all 
thy  difeafes. 

Who  redtemeth  thy  life  from  defiru5lion,  ivbo  crovun- 
eth  thee  vuith  loving  ki?idnefs  and  tender  mercies. 

The  Lord  is  merciful  and  gracious,  Jlovu  to  anger 
and  plenteous  in  mercy. 

Jit  hath  not  dealt  with  us  after  our  fins,  nor  re- 
nvarded  us  according  to  our  iniquities. 

For  as  the  heaven  is  high  above  the  earth,  fib  great 
"is  his  mercy  towards  them  that  fear  him. 

As  far  as  the  eafic  is  from  the  Twejl,  fo  far  hath  he  re- 
moved, our  tranfgr  ejjions  from  us. 

Like  as  a  father  pitieth  his  children,  fo  the  Lord  pi- 
tieth  them  that  fear  hhn. 

Who  hath  not  fpared  his  own  Son,  but  deliver- 
ed him  up  for  us  all,  and  given  us  ail  things  with 
Lim.  Therefore  God  commendeth  therewith  his 
love  towards  us,  in  that  while  we  were  yet  fin- 
i.erG,  Chart  died  for  us  :  much  more  then,  being 
now  juitihed  by  his  blood,  we  ihall  be  laved  from 
wrath  thro'  him  :  for  if  when  we  were  enemies, 
we  were  reconciled  to  God  by  the  death  of  his 
Son  ;  much  more,  being  reconciled,  we  ihall  be 
laved  by  his  life.  Therefore  Ihall.  my  mouth  and 
heart  (hew  forth  the  praiie  of  the  Lord,  from  this  . 
time  forth  for  evermore.  Amen. 

Let  every  ens  fay  nviih  an  attentive  heart. 

O  Almighty,  merciful  God  and  Father,  we  ren- 
der thee  mofr  humble  and  hearty  thanks, 
that  then  halt,  of  thy  infinite  mercy,  given  us 


47^  The  Liturgy. 

thine  only  begotten  Son,  for  a  Mediator  and  a  fa- 
crifice  for  our  fins,  and  to  be  our  meat  and  drink. 
unto  life  eternal,  and  that  thou  giveil  us  a  lively 
faith,  whereby  we  are  made  partakers  of  i'uch  of 
thy  benefits  :  thou  haft  alio  been  pleated,  that  thy 
beloved  Son  Jefus  Chriit  ihouid  inicitute  and  or- 
dain his  holy  i'upper  for  the  confirmation  of  the 
fame  :  grant,  we  beieech  thee,  O  faithful  God 
and  Father,  that  thro'  the  operation  of  thy  holy 
Spirit,  the  commemoration  of  the  death  of  our 
Lord  Jefus  Chriit,  may  tend  to  the  daily  increafe 
of  our  faith,  and  faving  fellowfhip  with  him,  thro' 
Jefus  Chrift  thy  Son,  in  whole  name  we  conclude 
our  prayers,  faying,  Our  Father,  &.c. 
The  end  of  the  (tdminijlration  of  the  Lord's  Supper. 

The  form  of  Excommunication. 

BELOVED  in  the  Lord  Jefus  Chriit  ;  it  is. 
known  unto  you,  that  we  have  feveral  times*. 
and  by  feveral  methods  declared  unto  you,  the 
great  fin  committed,  and  the  heinous  offence  giv- 
en by  our  fellow-member  N.  to  the  end  that  he,. 
by  your  Chriit i an  admonitions,  and  prayers  to 
God,  might  be  brought  to  repentance,  and  ib  be 
freed  from  the  bonds  of  the  devil,  (by  whom  he 
is  held  captive)  and  recovered  by  the  will  of  the- 
Lord  :  but  we  cannot  conceal  From  you,  with 
great  forrow,  that  no  :-ne  has  as  yet  appeared  be- 
fore us,  who  hath  in  the  leaft  given  us  to  under- 
stand, that  he,  by  the  frequent  admonitions  given 
him,  (as  well  in  private  as  before  witnefies,  and 
in  the  prefence  of  many)  is  come  to  any  remorle 
for  his  fins,  or  haih  fhewn  the  leaft  tokens  of  true 
repentance  ;  fmce  then  he  daily  aggravates  his 
fin  (which  in  itfelf  is  not  final!)  by  his  ftubborn- 
neis,  and  fince  we  have  figniiied  unto  you  the  laft 
time,  that  in  cafe  he  did  not  repent,  after  fuch 
patience  Ihewn  hitnj  by  the  church.,  we  ihouid  fee 


The  Liturgy.  473 

*mder  the  ncceffity  of  being  further  grieved  for 
him,  and  come  to  the  laft  remedy  ;  wherefore  we 
at  this  preient  time  are  necefiitated  to  proceed  to 
this  excommunication  according  to  the  command 
and  charge  given  us  by  God  in  his  holy  word  ;  to 
the  end  that  he  may  hereby  be  made  (if  poffible) 
afhamed  of  his  fins,  and  likewife  that  we  may  not 
by  this  rotten  and  as  yet  incurable  member,  put 
the  whole  body  of  the  church  in  danger,  and  that 
God's  name  may  not  be  blafphemed. 

Therefore  we  the  minifters  and  rulers  of  the 
church  of  God,  being  here  affembled  in  the  name 
and  authority  of  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  declare 
before  you  all,  that  for  the  aforefaid  reaions  we 
have  excommunicated,  and  by  thofe  do  excom- 
municate N.  from  the  church  of  God,  and  from 
fellowihip  with  Chrift,  and  the  holy  facraments, 
and  from  all  the  fpiritual  bleffings  and  benefits 
which  God  promifeth  to  and  beftows  upon  his 
church,  fo  long  as  he  obftinately  and  impenitent- 
ly  perfrfts  in  his  fins,  and  is  therefore  to  be  ac- 
counted by  you  as  an  heathen  man  and  a  publi- 
can, according  to  the  command  of  Chrift,  Mat.  18. 
who  faith,  that  whatsoever  his  minifters  (hall  bind 
on  earth,  ihall  be  bound  in  heaven. 

Further  we  exhort  you  beloved  Chriftians,  to 
keep  no  company  with  him,  that  he  may  be  aiha- 
med  :  yet  count  him  not  as  an  enemy,  but  at  all 
times  admoniih  him  as  you  would  a  brother.  In 
the  mean  time  let  every  one  take  warning  by 
this  and  fuch  like  examples,  to  fear  the  Lord,  and 
diligently  take  heed  unto  himfeif,  if  be  thinketh 
he  ftandeth,  left  he  fall ;  but  having  true  fellow- 
ihip with  the  Father  and  his  Son  Jefus  Chrift,  to- 
gether with  all  faithful  Chriftians,  remain  fted-, 
fall  therein  to  the  end,  and  fo  obtain  eternal  fal- 
vation.  You  have  feen,  beloved  brethren  and 
lifters,  in  what  manner  this  our  excommunicated 


474  The  Liturgy. 

brother  hath  begun  to  fall,  and  by  degrees  has 
come  to  ruin  ;  obferve  therefore,  how  fubtle  fa- 
tan  is,  to  bring  man  to  deftru&ion,  and  to  with- 
draw him  from  all  falutary  means  of  falvation  ; 
guard  then,  agaiaft  the  le ait  beginnings  of  evil, 
and  laying  afide,  according  to  the  exhortation  of 
the  apoftle,  every  weight  and  the  fin  which  does 
fo  eaiily  beiet  us,  let  us  run  with  patience  the 
race  that  is  fet  before  us,  looking  unto  Jefus  the 
author  and  fmimer  of  our  faith  ;  be  fober,  watch 
and  pray,  left  you  enter  into  temptation.  To- 
day if  you  will  hear  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  har- 
den not  your  hearts,  but  work  out  your  own  fal- 
vation with  fear  and  trembling ;  and  every  one 
repent  of  his  fins,  left  that  our  God  humble  us  a- 
gain,*  and  that  we  mould  be  obliged  to  bewail 
fome  one  of  you  :  but  that  you  may  with  one  ac- 
cord, living  in  all  godlinefs,  be  our  crown  and 
joy  in  the  Lord. 

Since  it  is  God  who  worketh  in  us,  both  to 
will  and  to  do  of  his  good  pleaiure,  let  us  call 
upon  his  holy  name  with  confeiiion  of  our  fins, 
faying,  _ 

O  Righteous  God  and  merciful  Father,  we  be- 
wail our  fins  before  thy  high  majefty,  and 
acknowledge  that  we  have  deferved  the  grief  and 
forrow  earned  unto  us  by  the  cutting  off  of  this 
our  late  fellow  member  ;  yea,  we  all  deferve, 
mouidil  thou  enter  into  judgment  with  us,  by 
reafon  of  our  great  tranfgreffions,  to  be  cut  oif 
and  banilhed  from  thy  prefence.  But,  O  Lord, 
thou  art  merciful  unto  us  for  Chrift's  fake,  for- 
give us  our  trefpaffes,  for  we  heartily  repent  of 
them,  and  daily  work  in  our  hearts  a  great  mea- 
fure  of  forrow  for  them  ;  that  we  may,  fearing 
thy  judgments,  which  thou  executed:  againll  the 
ftitF-necked,  endeavor  to  pleafe  thee  :  grant  us 
to  avoid  all  pollution  of  tnc  world,  and  thoie  who 


The  Liturgy.  475 

*re  cut  off  from  the  communion  of  the  church, 
that  we  may  not  make  ourfelves  partakers  of 
their  iins  ;  and  that  he  who  is  excommunicated 
mav  become  afhamed  of  his  fins  :  and  fmce  thou 
defireft  not  the  death  of  a  firmer,  but  that  he  may 
repent  and  live,  and  the  bofom  of  thy,  church  is 
always  open  for  thole  who  turn  away  from  their 
wickednefs  :  we  therefore  humbly  befeech  thee, 
to  kindle  in  our  hearts  a  pious  zeal,  that  we  may 
labor,  with  good  Chriftian  admonitions  and  ex- 
amples, to  bring  again  this  excommunicated  pe'r- 
fon  on  the  right  way,  together  with  all  thofe  who 
through  unbelief  or  diflbiuteiefs  of  life  go  aftray. 
Give  thy  bleifmgs  to  our  admonitions,  that  we 
may  have  reafon  thereby  to  rejoice  again  in  him, 
•for  whom  we  muft  now  mourn  :  and  that  thy  ho- 
ly name  may  be  praifed,  through  our  Lord  Jefus 
Chrift,  who  hath  thus  taught  us  to  pray, 
Our.  Father,  Sec. 


The  form  of  re -admitting  excommunicated  perfons  in- 
to the  church  of  Chriji. 
BELOVED  in  the  Lord,  it  is  known  unto  you, 
that  fome  time  ago  our  fellow  member  N. 
was  cut  off  from  the  church  of  Chrift  ;  we  cannot 
now  conceal  from  you,  that  he  by  the  above-men- 
tioned remedy,  as  alfo  by  means  of  good  admonU 
tions  and  your  Chriftian  prayers,  is  come  fo  far 
that  he  is  afhamed  of  his, fins,  praying  us  to  be 
re-admitted  into  the  communion  of  the  church. 

Since  we  then  by  virtue  of  the  command  of 
God,  are  in  duty  bound  to  receive  fuch  perfons 
with  joy,  and  it  being  neceffary  that  good  order 
mould  be  ufed  therein,  we  therefore  give  you  to 
underftand  hereby  that  we  purpofe  to  loofe  again 
the  aforementioned  excommunicated  perfon  from 
the  bond  of  excommunication  the  next  time  when 
bj  the  grace  of  God  we  celebrate  the  nipper  of 


476  The  Liturgy. 

the  Lord,  and  receive  him  again  into  the  com- 
munion of  the  church  ;  except  any  one  of  you  in 
the  mean  time,  mall  ihew  jutt  caufe  why  this 
ought  not  to  be  done,  of  which  you  muft  give  no- 
tice to  us  in  due  time.  In  the  mean  time ,  let  eve- 
ry one  thank  the  Lord,  for  the  mercy  fhewn  this, 
poor  firmer,  befeeching  him,  to  perfect  his  work 
in  him  to  his  eternal  falvation.  Amen. 
/"Afterwards,  if  no  impediment  be  alledged,"V 
\  the  minifter  mall  proceed  to  the  re-admif-  ( 
"S  fion  of  the  excommunicated  firmer,  in  the  C 
(_  following  manner.  J 

Beloved  Chriftians,  we  have  the  laft  time  in- 
formed you  of  the  repentance  of  our  fellow  mem- 
ber N.  to  the  end  that  he  might  with  your  fore-, 
knowledge  be  again  received  into  the  church  of 
Chrift  :  and  whereas  no  one  has  alledged  any 
thing  why  his  re-admifhon  ought  not  to  take 
place,  we  therefore  at  prefent  purpofe  to  proceed 
to  the  fame. 

Our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  Mat.  chap.  18,  having 
confirmed  the  fentence  of  his  church,  in  the  ex- 
communicating of  impenitent  finners,  declareth 
immediately  thereupon,  that  whatfoever  his  rni- 
niflers  mail  loofe  on  earth,  fhall  be  loofed  in  hea- 
ven ;  whereby  he  giveth  to  understand,  that 
when  any  perfon  is  cut  off  from  his  church,  he  is 
not  deprived  of  all  hopes  of  falvation  ;  but  can 
-p gain  be  loofed  from  the  bonds  of  condemnation. 
^Therefore  fince  God  declares  in  his  word,  not  to 
take  pleaiure  in  the  death  of  a  fjnner  but  that  he 
turn  from  his  wickednefs  and  live,  fo  the  church 
always  hopes  for  the  repentance  of  the  backflid- 
cien  firmer,  and  keepeth  her  bofom  open  to  receive 
'the  penitent :  accordingly  the  apoftle  Paul,  1  Cor. 
5.  commanded  the  Corinthian  (whom  he  had  de- 
clared ought  to  be  cut  off  from  the  church)  to  be 
again  received  and  comforted,  fmce  being  repro- 


The  Liturgy.  477 

^red  by  mariV,  he  was  come  to  the  knowledge  of 
his  fins  :  to  the  end  that  he  fhould  not  be  fwaliow- 
ed  up  with  over  much  forrow,  2  Cor.  2. 

Secondly,  Chrift  teacheth  us  in  the  aforemen- 
tioned text,  that  the  fentence  of  abfolution,  which 
is  paffed  upon  fuch  a  penitent  finner,  according  to 
the  word  of  God,  is  counted  fure  and  firm  by  the 
.Lord  ;  therefore  no  one  ought  to  doubt  in  the 
leaft,  who  truly  repents,  that  he  is  affuredly  re- 
ceived by  God  in  mercy,  as  Chrift  faith,  John, 
chap,  20.  Whofe  foever  fins  ye  remit,  £hey  are 
remitted  unto  them. 

But  now  to  proceed  to  the  matter  in  hand  :  I 
afk  thee  N.  whether  thou  doft  declare  here  with 
all  thine  heart  before  God  and  his  church,  that 
thou  art  fincerely  forry  for  the  fin  and  ftubborn- 
nefs  for  which  thou  haft  been  juftly  cut  off  from 
the  church  ?  whether  thou  doft  alfo  truly  believe, 
that  the  Lord  hath  forgiven  thee,  and  doth  for- 
give thy  fins  for  Chrift's  fake,  and  that  thou  there- 
fore art  defirous  to  be  re- admitted  into  the  church 
of  Chrift,  promtfing  henceforth  to  live  in  all  god- 
linefs,  according  to  the  command  of  the  Lord  ? 

Anfwer Yes,  Verily. 

<{  Then  the  minifter  (hall  further  fay.,  \ 

We  then  here  affembled,  in  the  name  and  au- 
thority of  the  Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  declare  thee  N. 
to  be  abfolved  from  the  bonds  of  excommunica- 
tion ;  and  do  receive  thee  again  into  the  church 
of  the  Lord,  and  declare  unto  thee  that  thou  art 
in  the  communion  of  Chrift  and  of  the  holy  facra- 
ments,  and  of  all  the  fpirituai  bleffmgs  and  bene- 
fits of  God,  which  he  promifeth  to  and  beftoweth 
upon  his  church  :  may  the  eternal  God  preferve 
thee  therein  to  the  end,  through  his  only  begot- 
ten Son  Jefus  Chrift.     Amen. 

Be  therefore  affured  in  thy  heart  my  belovei 
B  b  %  ' 


47  S  The  liturgy*. 

brother,  that  the  Lord  hath  again  received  the$ 
in  mercy.  Be  diligent  henceforward  to  guard 
thyfelf  againft  the  fubtilty  of  fatan,  and  the  wick- 
ednefs  of  the  world,  to  the  end  that  you  may  not 
fall  again  into  fin  ;  love  Chriit,  for  many  fins  are 
forgiven  thee. 

And  you  beloved  Chriftians,  receive  this  your 
brother  with  hearty  affedion  ;  be  glad  that  he 
was  dead  and  is  alive  again,  he  was  loft  and  is 
found  :  rejoice  with  the  angels  of  heaven,  over 
this  finner  who  repenteth  :  count  him  no  longer 
as  a  ftranger,  but  as  a  fellow  citizen  with  the 
faints,  and  of  the  houfehold  of  God. 

And  whereas  we  can  have  no  good  of  ourfelves, 
let  us  praifing  and  magnifying  the  Lord  Almigh- 
ty, implore  his  mercy,  faying, 

GRACIOUS  God  and' Father,  we  thank  thee" 
through  Jefus  Chrift,  that  thou  haft  been 
pleafed  to  give  this  our  fellow  brother  repentance 
unto  life,  and  us  caufe  to  rejoice  in  his  conver- 
iion.  We  befeech  thee,  fhew  him  thy  mercy, 
that  he  may  become  more  and  more  allured  in  his 
mind  of  the  remiffion  of  his  fins,  and  that  he  may 
receive  from  thence  inexpreffible  joy  and  delight, 
to  ferve  thee.  And  whereas  he  hath  heretofore 
by  his  fins  offended  many,  grant  that  he  may  by 
his  converfion  edifv  many.  Grant  alfo  that  he 
may  ftedfaftly  walk  in  thy  ways  to  the  end  ;  and 
may  we  learn  from  this  example,  that  with  thee  is 
mercy,  that  thoumayeft  be  feared  ;  and  that  we, 
counting  him  for  our  brother  and  co-heir  of  life 
eternal,  may  jointly  ferve  thee  with  filial  fear  and 
obedience  ail  the  days  of  our  iife,  through  Jefus 
Chrift  our  Loid,  in  whofe  name  we  thus  conclude 
our  prayer  ;  Our  Father,  &c» 


Ordination,  &c.  479 

The  form  for  ordaininvt  the  Minijlers  of  God's  ivord. 

f    The  fsrcnon  and  the  uiual  prayers  being  fin- "] 

"l  idled,  the  miniilei  iliall  thus   fpeak  to  the  £► 

(_  congregation.  J 

BELOVED  brethren,  it  is  known  unto  you, 
that  we  have 'now  at  three  different  times 
published  the  name  o  f  our  brother  N.  here  pre- 
sent, to  learn  whether  my  peribn  had  aught  to  of- 
fer concerning  his  doctrine  or  life,  why  he  might 
not  he  ordained  to  the  nu  iniftry  of  the  word.  And 
whereas  no  one  hath  a  ppeared  before  us,  who 
hath  aliedged  any  thing  lawful  againlt  his  perfon, 
we  (hall  therefore  at  pr<  fent,  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  proceed  to  his  ord  ination  ;  for  which  pur- 
pofe  you  N.  and  all  tho:  e  who  are  here  prefent, 
iliall  firft  attend  to  a  llior  t  declaration  taken  from 
the  word  of  God,  touchm  g  the  inftitution,  and  the 
office  of  pallors  and  mil  lifters  of  God's  word  ; 
where,  in  the  firft  place  )  ou  are  to  obferve,  that 
God  our  heavenly  Father  ,  willing  to  call  and  ga- 
ther a  church  from  amoi  .gft  the  corrupt  race  of 
men  unto  life  eternal,  dotl  i,  by  a  particular  mark 
of  his  favor,  ufe  the  minift  ry  of  men  therein. 

Therefore  Paul  faith,  tha  t  the  Lord  Jefus  Chrifi 
hath  given  fome  apoftles,  a  ad  fome  prophets,  and 
ibme  evangeiiils,  and  fome  pallors  and  minifters  ; 
for  the  perfecting  of  the  1  \ints,  for  the  work  of 
the  mlnifl  ry,  for  the  edifying  of  the  body  of  Chrift. 
Utrt  we  fee  that  the  holy  apoftle  among  other 
things  fai  :>.,  that  the  paftocai  offi.ce  is  an  inftitu- 
tion  of  Chrift. 

What  i  his  holy  office  enjoins,  may  eafily  be  ga- 
thered from  the  very  name  iifelf  ;  for  as  it  is  the 
duty  of  a  common  mepherd,  to  feed,  guide,  pro- 
tect and  r  ale  the  flock  coram  itted  to  his  charge  ; 
fo  it  is  w^h  regard  to  thefts  ipiritual  fhepherds, 
who  are  let  over  the  church,  which  God  ca-lleth 
unto  Salvation,  and  counts   ci  ?m  as  iheep  of  his 


43o 


Ordination 


pafture.  The  pafture  with  which  thefe  fhcep  are 
fed,  is  nothing  elfe  but  the  preaching  of  the  got- 
pel,  accompanied  with  prayer,  and  the  adminiiira. 
tion  of  the  holy  facrament.',  ;  the  fame  word  ol 
God  is  likewife  the  ftaff  with  which  the  flock  is 
guided  and  ruled,  confequditly  it  is  evident,  that 
the  office  of  paftors  and  minifters  of  God's  word  is, 
Firfi..  That  they  lhall  faithfully  explain  to  their 
flock,  the  word  of  the  Lord,  revealed  by  the  wri- 
tings of  the  prophets  and  s^oftles  ;  and  apply  the 
fame,  as  well  in  general,  as  in  particular,  to  the 
edification  of  the  hearers,  with  inftructing,  admo- 
niihing,  comforting,  and  .veproving,  according  to 
every  one's  need,  preaching  repentance  towards 
God,  and  reconciliation  with  him  through  faith 
in  Chrift  ;  and  refuting  with  the  holy  fcripturcs 
all  fchifms  and  herefies  which  are  repugnant  to 
the  pure  doctrine.  All  this  is  clearly  fignified  to 
us  in  holy  writ,  for  the  apoftle  Paul  faith,  that 
thele  labor  in  the  word  :  and  elfe  where  he  teaeh- 
eth,  that  this  rauft  be  done  according  to  the  mea- 
fure  or  rule  of  faith  :  \\t  writes  alio,  that  a  paitor 
rauft  hold  fait  and  rightly  divide  the  faithful  and 
iincere  word  which  is  according  to  doctrine  :  like- 
wife  he  that  prophefieth  (that  is  preacheth  God's 
word)  Ipeaketh  unto  knen  to  edification,  and  ex- 
hortation and  comfort :  in  another  place  he  pro- 
pofes  himfelf  as  a  pattern  to  paftors,  declaring 
that  he  hath  publicly,  and  from  houfe  to  houfe, 
taught  and  terrified  repentance  toward  God,  and 
faith  toward  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift  :  but  particu- 
larly we  have  a  clear  defcription  of  the  office, 
nnd  minifters  of  God's  word,  %  Cor.  chap.  5,  18, 
19,  and  ao  verfcs,  where  the  apoftle  thus  ipeak- 
eth, And  all  things  are  of  God,  who  hath  recon- 
ciled us  to  himfelf,  by  Jefus  Chrift,  and  hath  giv- 
en to  us  (namely,  to  the  apoftle-;  and  paftors)  the 
iniaiitry  of  reconciliation  >  to  wit,  that  God  was 


Of  Minifters.  481 

in  Chrift,  reconciling  the  world  unto  him felf,  not 
imputing  their  treipaftes  unto  them,  and  hath 
committed  unto  us  the  word  of  reconciliation. 
Now  then  we  are  ambaffadors  for  Chrift,  as  tho* 
God  did  befeech  you  by  us  :  we  pray  you  in 
Chrift's  Head,  be  ye  reconciled  to  God.  Con- 
cerning the  refutation  of  falfe  doctrine,  the  fame 
apoftie  faith,  Tit.  1,9.  That  a  minifter  muit  hold 
fall  the  faithful  word  of  God,  that  he  may  be  able 
by  found  doctrine,  both  to  convince  and  lilence 
the  gain-layers. 

Secondly.  It  is  the  office  of  the  minifters,  pub- 
licly to  call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord  in  behalf 
of  the  whole  congregation  ;  for  that  which  the  a- 
poiiles  fay,  we  will  give  ourfelves  continually  to 
prayer,  and  to  the  miniftry  of  the  word,  is  com- 
mon to  thefe  parlors  with  the  apoftles  ;  to  which 
St.  Paul  alluding,  thus  fpeaking  to  Timothy  :  I 
exhort  therefore,  that  firft  of  all,  fupplications, . 
prayers,  fnterceflions,  and  giving  of  thanks  be 
made  for  all  men  ;  for  kings,  and  for  ail  that  are 
in  authority,  Stc.     1  Tim.  2.  1  and  2. 

Thirdly.  Their  office  is,  to  adm.inifter  the  fa- 
craments,  which  the  Lord  hath  inftituted  as  feals 
of  his  grace  :  as  is  evident  from  the  command 
given  by  Chrift  to  the  apoflles,  and  in  them  to  all 
paftors,  baptife  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghoft.  Like- 
wife,  for  I  have  received  of  the  Lord,  that  which 
alfo  I  delivered  unto  you,  that  the  Lord  Jefus  the 
fame  night  in  which  he  was  betrayed,  &c 

Finally  it  is  the  duty  of  the  minifters  of  the 
word,  to  keep  the  church  of  God  in  good  difci- 
pline,  and  to  govern  it  in  fuch  a  manner  as  the 
JLord  hath  ordained  ;  for  Chrift  having  {poke  of 
the  Chrift  ian  difci pline,  fays  to  his  apoftles,  what- 
foever  ye  (hall  bind  on  earth,  mall  be  bound  in 
heaven.     And  faul  will,  that  the  minifters  know 


4S2 


Ordination 


how  to  rule  their  own  houfe,  fmce  they  other  wife 
neither  can  provide  for,  nor  rule  the  church  of 
God.  This  is  the  reaibn  why  the  pallors  are  in 
fcripture  called,  ftewards  of  God  and  bilhops,  that 
is  overfeers  and  watchmen,  for  they  have  the 
overfight  of  the  houfe  of  God,  wherein  they  are 
converfant,  to  the  end,  that  every  thing  may  be 
tranfacted  with  good  order  and  decency  :  and  al- 
fo  to  open  and  ihut,  with  the  keys  of  the  king- 
dom of  heaven,  committed  to  them,  according  to 
the  charge  given  them  by  God. 

From  theie  things  may  be  learned,  what  a  glo- 
rious work  the  minifterial  office  is,  fmce  fo  great 
things  are  effected  by  it  ;  yea  how  highly  necei- 
fary  it  is  for  man's  fa!  vation,  which  is  alfo  the  rea- 
ibn, why  the  Lord  will,  that  luch  an  office  ihould 
always  remain  :  for  Chrift  laid,  when  he  fent 
forth  his  apoitles  to  officiate  in  this  holy  function, 
Lo,  I  am  always  with  you  even  unto  the  end  of 
the  world  ;  where  we  fee  his  pleafure  is,  that  this 
holy  office  (for  the  perfons  to  whom  he  here 
fpeaketh,  could  not  live  to  the  end  of  the  world) 
fhould  always  be  maintained  on  earth.  And  there- 
fore Paul  exhorteth  Timothy,  to  commit  that 
which  he  had  heard  of  him,  to  faithful  men,  who 
are  able  to  teach  others,  as  he  alfo,  having  ordain- 
ed Titus  a  minifter,  further  commanded  him,  to 
ordain  elders  in  every  citv,  Tit.  1.  5. 

Forafmuch  therefore  as  we,  for  the  maintaining 
of  this  office  in  the  church  of  God,  are  now  to  or- 
dain a  new  minifter  of  the  word,  and  having  fuf- 
ficiently  fpoke  of  the  office  of  fuch  perfons,  there- 
fore you  N.  fhall  anfwer  to  the  following  ques- 
tions, which  Hi  all  be  propoled  to  you,  to  the  end 
that  it  may  appear  to  all  here  p.refent,  that  thou 
art  inclined  to  accept  of  this  office  as  above  de- 
icribed. 

i'7^/2,     I  afk  thee,  *hctl.:r  thou  fecleil  in  thy 


Of  Miniiters.  483 

heart  that  thou  art  lawfully  called  of  God's  church 

and  therefore  of  God  himfelf,to  this  holy  miniftry  ? 
Secondly.  Whether  thou  doft  believe  the  books 
of  the  old  and  new  teftament  to  be  the  only  word 
of  God,  and  the  perfect  doctrine  unto  falvation, 
and  doft  reject  all  doctrines  repugnant  thereto  ? 

Thirdly.  Whether  thou  doft  promife  faithful- 
ly to  difcharge  your  office,  according  to  the  fame 
doctrine,  as  above  defcribed,  and  to  adorn  it  with 
a  godly  life  :  alfo  to  fubmit  thyfelf  in  cafe  thou 
fhouldft  become  delinquent  either  in  life  or  doc- 
trine, to  ecclefiaftioal  admonition,  according  to 
the  public  ordinance  of  the  churches  ? 
Anfwer.     Yes,  truly,  with  all  my  heart. 

rThen  the  minifter  who  did   demand  thofe") 
<J  queftions  of  him,  or  another,  if  there  are  more  j> 

tpreient,  fhail  lay  his  §hands  on  his  head,         J 
[  §  Note.    This  ceremony  lhall  not  be  ufed  in 
ordaining  thofe,  who  have  before  been  in  the  mi- 
niftry.] And  fay, 

God  our  heavenly  Father,  who  hath  called  thee 
to  this  holy  miniftry,  enlighten  thee  with  his  Ho- 
ly Spirit,  ftrengthen  thee  with  his  hand,  and  fo 
govern  thee  in  thy  miniftry,  that  thou  mayeft  de- 
cently and  fruitfully  walk  therein,  to  the  glory 
of  his  name,  and  to  the  propagation  of  the  king- 
dom of  his  Son  Jefus  Chrift.     Amen. 

("Then  the  minifter  lhall  from  the  pulpit,  ex-"] 
■^  hort  the  ordained  minifter,  and  the  congre-  y 

Lgation,  in  the  following  manner  :  J 

"  Take  heed  therefore,  beloved  brother,  and 
fellow  iervant  in  Chrift,  unto  yourfelf  and  to  all 
the  flock,  over  which  the  Holy  Ghoft  hath  made 
vou  overfeer,  to  feed  the  church  of  God  which 
he  hath  purchafed  with  his  own  blood  :  love 
Chrift,  and  feed  his  fheep,  taking  the  overfight  of 
them  not  by  conftraint,  but  willingly  :  not  for  fil- 
thy lucre,  but  of  a  ready  mind,  neither  as  being 


484 


Ordination 


lord  over  God's  heritage,  but  as  an  example  to  the 
flock.  Be  an  example  of  believers,  in  word,  in 
converfation,  in  charity,  in  fpirit,in  faith,  in  puri- 
ty. Give  attendance  to  reading, to  exhortation,  to 
doctrine.  Neglect  not  the  gift  that  is  in  thee,  medi- 
tate upon  thofe  things,  give  thy  felf  wholly  to  them, 
that  thy  profiting  may  appear  to  all,  take  heed  to 
thy  doctrine,  and  continue  ftedfaft  therein.  Bear 
patiently  all  iuffe  rings  and  opprefiions,  as  a  good 
fcidier  of  Tefus  Chriit.,  for  in  doing  this  thou  ihalt 
both  fave  thyfelf  and  them  that  hear  thee.  And 
when  the  chief  Shepherd  (hall  appear,  you  mall 
receive  a  crown  of  glory  that  fadeth  not  away." 

■  "  And  you  like  wife,  beloved  Chriftians,  receive 
this  your  mimfter  in  the  Lord  with  all  gladnefs, 
and  hold  foch  in  reputation  :"  Remember  that 
God  himfelf  through  him  fpeaketh  unto,  and  be- 
feecheth  you.  Receive  the  word,  which  he  ac- 
cording to  the  feripture,  ihall  preach  unto  you, 
V  not  as  the  word  of  man,  but  (as  it  is  in  truth) 
the  word  of  God.  Let  the  feet  of  thofe  that 
preach  the  gofpel  of  peace,  and  bring  glad  tidings 
of  good  things,  be  beautiful  and  pleafant  unto 
you.  Obey  them  that  have  the  rule  over  you, 
2nd  fubmit  yonrfelves  ;  for  they  watch  for  your 
fouls,  as  they  that  muft  give  an  account,  that  they 
may  do  it  with  joy,  and  not  with  grief,  for  that  is 
unprofitable  for  you.  If  you  do  thefe  things  it 
fha.ll  come  to  pafs  that  the  peace  of  God  (hall  en- 
ter into  your  houfes,  and,  that  you  who  re- 
ceive this  man,  in  the  name  of  a  prophet  fhall  re- 
ceive a  prophet's  reward,  and  through  his  preach- 
ing, believing  in  Chrift,  (hall  thro'  Chriit  inherit 
life  eternal. 

Since  no  man.  is  of  himfelf  fit  for  any  of  thefe 
things,  let  us  call  upon  God  with  thankfgiving  : 

MERCIFUL  Father,    we   thank   thee  that  it 
pleafeth  thee,  by  the  miniftry  of  men,  to 


Of  -Minifters.  485 

gathpr  a  church  to  thyfelf  unto  life  eternal,  from 
a.nongft  the  loft  children  of  men  :  we  blefs  thee 
for  fo  graciouily  providing  the  church  in  this 
'place  with  a  faithful  mmiiter,  we  befeech  thee  to 
qualify  him  daily  more  and  more  by  thy  holy  Spi- 
rit, for  the  miniftry  to  which  thou  haft  ordained 
and  called  him  :  enlighten  his  underftanding  to 
comprehend  thy  holy  word,  and  give  him  utter- 
ance, that  he  may  boldly  open  his  mguth,  to 
make  known  and  difpenfe  the  myfteries  of  the 
gofpel.  Endue  him  with  wifdom  and  valor,  to 
rule  the  people  aright  over  which  he  is  fet,  and 
to  preferve  them  in  Chriftian  peace,  to  the  end 
that  thy  church,  under  his  adminiftration,  and  by 
his  good  example,  may  increafe  in  number  and  in 
virtue.  Grant  him  courage  to  bear  the  difficult- 
ies and  troubles  which  he  may  meet  with  in  his 
miniftry,  that  being  ftrengthened  by  the  comfort 
of  thy  Spirit,  he  may  remain  ftedfa'ft  to  the  end, 
and  be  received  with  all  faithful  fer  van  ts  into  the 
joy  of  his  matter.  Give  thy  grace  alfo  to  this 
people  and  church,  that  they  may  becomingly  de- 
port themfelves  towards  this  their  minifter  ;  that 
they  may  acknowledge  him  to  be  fent  of  thee  : 
that  they  may  receive  his  doctrine  with  all  rev- 
erence and  fubm it  themfelves  to  his  exhortations, 
To  the  end  that  they  may  by  his  word  believing 
in  Chrift,  be  made  partakers  of  eternal  life. — 
Hear  us,  O  Father,  through  thy  beloved  Son,  wh^ 
hath  thus  taught  us  to  pray, 

Our  Father,  &c. 


The  end  of  the  form  for  ordaining  the  min&flers  of 
God's  word. 


486 


Ordination  of 


The  form  for  ordaining  elders  and  deacons,  when  or- 
dained at  the  fame  time. 
{But  if  they  are  ordained  feparatelyy  this  form~\_ 
Jljali  be  7ifed  as  occajion  requires.  ^ 

BELOVED  Chriftians,  you  know  that  we  have 
feveral  times  published  unto  you  the  names 
of  our  brethren  here  prefent,  who  are  chofen  to 
the  office  of  elders  and  deacons  in  this  church,  to 
the  end  that  we  might  know  whether  any  perfon 
had  aught  to  alledge  why  they  mould  not  be  or- 
dained in  their  refpeetive  offices  ;  and  whereas 
no  one  hath  appeared  before  us,  who  hath  ailedg- 
ed  any  thing  lawful  againft  them,  we  mall  there- 
fore at  prefent  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  proceed 
to  their  ordination. 

But  nrft,  you  who  are  to  be  ordained,  and  all 
thofe  who  are  here  prefent,  (hall  attend  to  a  fhort 
declaration  from  the  word  of  God  concerning  the 
inftitution  and  the  office  of  elders  and  deacons  : 
of  the  elders  is  to  be  obferved,  that  the  word  el- 
der or  eldeft  (which  is  taken  out  of  the  old  tefta- 
ment,  and  fignifielh  a  perfon  who  is  placed  in  an 
honorable  office  of  government  over  others)  is 
applied  to  two  forts  of  peribns  who  minifter  in 
the  church  of  Jems  Chriil  :  for  the  apoftle  faith, 
the  elders  that  rule  well,  fhall  be  accounted  wor- 
thy of  double  honor,  efpecially  they  who  labor  in 
the  word  and  doctrine.  Hence  is  evident  that 
there  were  two  forts  of  elders  in  the  apoftolic 
church,  the  former  whereof  did  labor  in  the  word 
and  doclrine,  and  the  latter  did  not.  The  firit 
were  the  miniiters  of  the  word  and  pallors,  who 
preached  the  gofpel  and  adminiftered  the  facra- 
ments  ;  but  the  others  who  did  not  labor  in  the 
word,  and  ftill  did  ferve  in  the  church,  bore  a  par- 
ticular o.Tice,  namely,  they  had  the  overiight  of 
the  church' and  ruled  the  fame  with  the  miniilers 
of  the  word :  for  Paul,  Rom.  chap.   12,  having 


Elders  and  Deacons.         4S7 

fpoke  of  the  mini  (try  of  the  word,  and  alio  of  the 
office  of  diftribution  or  deaconihip,  fpeaketh  af- 
terwards particularly  of  this  office,  faying  :  he 
that  ruleth,  let  him  do  it  with  diligence  :  like  wife 
in  another  place  he  counts  government  among 
the  gifts  and  oiiices  which  God  hath  instituted  in 
the  church  :  i  Cor.  12.  Thus  we  fee  that  thefe 
lorts  of  minifters  are  added  to  the  others  who 
preach  the  gofpel,  to  aid  and  affift  them,  as  in  the 
old  teftament  the  common  Levites  were  to  the 
priefts  in  the  fervice  of  the  tabernacle*  in  thofe 
things  which  they  couid  not  perform  alone  :  not- 
withstanding the  offices  always  remained  diftm£t 
one  from  the  other.  Moreover  it  is  proper  that 
fiich  men  mould  be  joined  to  the  minifters  of  the 
word  in  the  government  of  the  church,  to  the  end 
that  thereby  all  tyranny  and  lording  may  be  kept 
out  of  the  church  of  God,  which  can  fuoner  creep 
in  when  the  government  is  placed  in  the  hands 
of  one  alone,  or  a  very  few.  And  thus  the  minif- 
ters of  the  word,  together  with  the  elders,  form 
a  body  or  affembly,  being  as  a  council  of  the 
church,  reprefenting  the  whole  church  ;  to  which 
Chrift  alludes  when  he  faith,  tell  the  church — 
which  can  in  no  wife  be  underftood  of  all  and  ev- 
ery member  of  the  church  in  particular,  but  very* 
properly  of  thofe  who  govern  the  church,  out  of 
which  they  are  chofen. 

Therefore  in  the  firft  place  the  office  of  the  el- 
ders is,  together  ninth  the  minifters  of  the  word, 
to  take  his  overfight  of  the  church  which  is  com- 
mitted to  them,  and  diligently  to  look,  whether 
every  one  properly  deports  himfelf  in  his  confeffion 
2nd  converfation  ,  to  admonifh  thofe  who  behave 
themfclves  disorderly,  and  to  prevent  as  much  as 
poffible,  that  the  facraments  be  not  profaned  : 
alfo  to  act.  (according  to  the  Chriftian  difcipline) 
againft  the  impenitent,  and  to  receive  the  peau 


488  Ordination  of 

tent  again  into  the  bofom  of  the  church  ;  as  doth 
not  only  appear  from  the  above  mentioned  fay- 
ing- of  Chrift,  but  aifo  from  many  other  places  of 
holy  writ,  as  i  Cor.  chap.  5.  Sc  2  Cor.  chap.  1.  that 
thcfe  things  are  not  only  intruded  to  one  or  two 
perfons,  but  to  many,  who  are  ordained  thereto. 

Secondly.  Since  the  apoftle  enjoineth,  that  all 
things  fhall  be  done  decently  and  in  order  a- 
mongit  Chriftians,  and  that  no  other  perfons  ought 
to  ferve  in  the  church  of  Chrift  but  thole  who  are 
lawfully  called,  according  to  the  Chriftian  ordi- 
nance, therefore  it  is  alio  the  duty  of  the  elders 
to  pay  regard  to  it,  and  in  all  occurrences,  which 
are  relative  to  the  welfare  and  good  order  of  the 
church,  to  be  affiftant  with  their  good  counfel  and 
advice,  to  the  minifters  ef  the  word,  yea,  alfo  to 
ferve  all  Chriftians  with  advice  and  confolation. 

Thirdly.  It  is  alio  their  duty  particularly  to 
have  regard  unto  the  doclrine  and  converfation 
of  the  minifters  of  the  word,  to  the  end  that  all 
things  may  be  directed  to  the  edification  of  the 
church  ;  and  that  no  ftrange  doclrine  be  taught, 
according  to  that  which  we  read,  Acls  20.  where 
the  apoftle  exhorteth  to  watch  diligently  againft 
the  wolves  who  might  come  into  the  fhcep-fold 
of  Chrift  :  for  the  performance  of  which,  the  el- 
.dfcrs  are  in  duty  bound  diligently  to  fearch  the 
word  of  God,  and  continually  to  be  meditating 
on  the  myfteries  of  faith. 

Concerning  the  deacons  ;  of  the  origin  and  in- 
ftitutionof  theiroffice  we  may  read,  Acts  6.  where 
we  find  that  the  apoftles  themfelves  did  in  the 
beginning  ferve  the  poor,  "  At  whofe  feet  was 
"  brought  the  price  of  the  things  that  were  fold  : 
"  and  distribution  was  made  unto  every  man  ac- 
"  cording  as  he  had  need.  But  afterwards  when 
"  a  murmuring  arofe  becaufe  the  widows  of  the 
"  Grecians  were  neglected  in  the  dailv  miniftra- 


Elders  and  Deacons.         489 

"  tlon  :"  men  were  chofen  (by  the  advice  of  the 
spoflies)  who  (hculd  make  the  iervice  of  the 
poor  their  peculiar  bufineis,  to  the  end  that  the 
apoftles  might  continually  give  themfelves  to 
prayer,  and  to  the  miniftry  of  the  word-  And 
this  has  been  continued  from  that  time  forward 
in  the  church,  as  appears  froir.  Rom.  12.  Where 
the  apoille  {'peaking  of  this  office,  faith,  he  that 
giveth,  let  him  do  it  with  fimplicity.  And  1  Cor. 
12,  2S.  ipeaking  of  helps,  he  means  thofe  who  are 
appointed  in  the  church  to  help  and  affift  the 
poor  and  indigent  in  time  of  need  ;  from  which 
pailages  we  may  eaiily  gather,  what  the  deacon's 
office  is,  namely,  that  they  in  the  firft  place  to 
collect  and  preferve  with  the  greater!  fidelity  and 
diligence,  the  alms  and  goods  which  are  given  to 
the  poor  :  yea,  to  do  their  utmoft  endeavors, 
that  many  good  means  be  procured  for  the  relief 

•  of  the  poor. 

The  lecond  part  of  their  office  confifts  in  dis- 
tribution, wherein  is  not  only  required  difcretion 
and  piudence  to  bellow  the  alms  only  on  objects 
of  charity,  but  alio  cheerfulnefs  and  fimplicity  to 
affUt  the  poor  with  companion  and  hearty  affec- 
tion as  the  apoftle  requires,  Rom.  chap.  12.  and- 

•  2  Cor.  chap.  9.  For  which  end  it  is  very  benefi- 
cial that  they  do  not  only  adminifler  relief  to  the 
pour  and  indigent  with  external  gifts,  but  alfo 
with  comfortable  words  from  fcripture. 

To  the  end  therefore,  beloved  brethren  N.  N. 
that  every  one  may  hear,  that  you  are  willing  to 
tf.ke  your  reipeclive  offices  upon  you,  ye  {hall 
aui'wer  to  the  following  queftions. 

And  in  the  firft  place  I  afk  you,  both  elders  and 
deacons,  whether  ye  do  not  feel  in  your  hearts, 
that  ye  ate  Lawfully  called  of  God's  church,  and 
ccniequer.t.--  of  God  himfelf,  to  thefe  your  ref- 
pe«_ci\c  hob   oiaces  ?    • 


490  Ordination  of 

Secondly.     Whether  ye  believe  the  books  of 
the  old  and  new  teftament  to  be   the  only  word 
of  God,  and  the  perfect  doctrine  of  falvation,  and.  ' 
do  reject  all  doctrines  repugnant  thereto  ? 

Thirdly.  Whether  ye  promife,  agreeable  to 
faid  doctrine,  faithfully  according  to  your  ability, 
to  difcharge  your  respective  offices,  as  it  is  here 
defcribed  :  ye  elo'ers  in  the  government  of  the 
church  together  With  the  miniiters  of  the  word  : 
and  ye  deacons  in  the  miniftration  to  the  poor  ? 
do  ye  alfo  jointly  promife  to  walk  in  all  godiinefs, 
andtoiubmit  youileives,  in  cafe  ye  lhould  become 
remits  in  your  duty,  to  the  admonitions  of  the 
church  ? 

^  Upon  which  they  (hall  anfwer  \> 

Y  ES. 

<?  Then  the  minifter  mall  fay,  |> 
The  Almighty  God  and  Father,  replenifh  you 
all  with  his  grace,  that  ye  may  faithfully  and 
and  fruitfully   diicharge  your  refpeeiive  offices, 
Amen. 
["The  minifter  fhall  further  exhort  them,  and") 
•^      the   whole  congiegation  in  the  following  |> 
1_     manner,  J 

Therefore  ye  elders  be  diligent  in  the  govern- 
ment of  the  church,  which  is  committed  to  you, 
and  the  miniflers  of  the  word.  Be  alio  as  watch- 
men over  the  houfe  and  city  of  God,  faithfully  to 
admonifh  and  to  caution  every  one  againit  his 
ruin.  Take  heed  that  purity  of  doctrine  and 
godlineis  of  life  be  maintained  in  the  church  of 
God.  And  ye  deacons  be  diligent  in  collecting 
the  alms,  prudent  and  cheerful  m  the  diftribution 
of  the  fame  :  afi&ft  the  oppreffed,  provide  for  the 
true  widows  and  orphans,  mew  liberality  unto  all 
men,  but  efpccially  to  the  houfehold  of  faith. 

Be  ye  all  with  one  accord  faithfel  in  your  offi- 
ces, and  hold  the  myfiexy  of  the  faith,  in  a  pure 


Eiders  and  Deacons.        491 

confcience,  being  good  examples  unto  all  the 
people.  In  fo  doing  you  will  purchafe  to  your- 
felves a  good  degree,  and  great  boldnefs  in  the 
faith,  which  is  in  Chrift  Jefns,  and  hereafter  en- 
ter into  the  joy  of  your  Lord.  On  the  other 
hand,  beloved  Chriftians,  receive  thefe  men  as. 
iervants  of  God  j  count  the  elders  that  rule  well, 
worthy  of  double  honor,  give  yourfelves  willing- 
ly to  their  infpeclion  and  government.  Provide 
the  deacons  with  good  means  to  affift  the  indi- 
gent. Be  charitable,  ye  rich,  give  liberally,  and 
contribute  willingly.  And  ye  poor,  be  poor  in 
fpirit,  and  deport  yourfelves  refpectfully  towards 
your  benefactors,  be  thankful  to  them  and  avoid 
murmuring  ;  follow  Chrift  for  the  food  of  your 
fouls,  but  not  for  bread.  Let  him  that  hath  Hole 
(or  who  hath  been  burthenfome  to  his  neighbors) 
ileal  no  more  :  but  rather  let  him  labor,  working 
with  his  hands  the  things  which  are  good,  that  he 
may  give  to  him  that  needeth.  Each  of  you  do- 
ing tnefe  things  in  your  refpeftive  callings,  mail 
receive  of  the  Lord,  the  reward  of  righteoufnefs. 
But  fmce  we  are  unable  of  ourfelves,  let  us  call 
upon  the  name  of  the  Lord,  faying, 

OLord  God  and  heavenly  Father,  we  thank 
thee  that  it  hath  pleaied  tiiee  for  the  better 
edification  of  thy  church,  to  ordain  in  it,  beiides 
the  minifters  of  the  word,  rulers  and  affift  ants, 
"by  whom  thy  church  may  be  preferved  in  peace 
and  profpenty,  and  the  indigent  afTifted  ;  and 
that  thou  haft  at  prefent  granted  us  in  this  place, 
men  who  are  of  good  teitimony,  and  wre  hope 
endowed  with  thy  Spirit.  We  befeech  thee  re- 
plenifh  them  more  and  more  with  fuch  gifts,  as 
are  neceffary  for  them  in'  their  rninifiration  ; 
with  the  gifts  of  wifdom,  courage,  difcretion  and 
benevolence,  to  the  end  that  every  one  may  in 
kis  refpedtive  o£ice,  acoiait  himfelf  as  is  becom- 


492  Confirmation 

ing  ;  the  elders  in  taking  diligent  heed  unto  the 
doctrine  and  converfation,  in  keeping  out  the 
wolves  from  the  iheep-fold  of  thy  beloved  Son  ; 
and  in  admonilhing  and  reproving  diibrderly  per- 
i'ons.  In  like  manner,  the  deacons  in  carefully  re- 
ceiving and  liberally  and  prudently  diftributing 
<of  the  alms  to  the  poor,  and  in  comforting  them 
with  thy  holy  word.  Give  grace  both  to  the 
elders  and  the  deacons,  that  they  may  perfe- 
vere  in  their  faithful  labor,  and  never  become 
weary  by  reafon  of  any  trouble,  pain  or  perfecu- 
tion  of  the  world.  Grant  alio  cfpecially  thy 
divine  grace  to  this  people,  over  whom  they 
are  placed,  that  they  may  willingly  fubmit 
themfelves  to  the  good  exhortations  of  the  elders, 
counting  them  worthy  of  honor  for  their  work's 
fake  :  give  alfo  unto  the  rich,  liberal  hearts  to- 
wards the  poor,  and  to  the  poor  grateful  hearts 
towards  thofe  who  help  and  i'erve  them  ;  to  the 
end  that  every  one  acquitting  himfelf  of  his  duty, 
thy  holy  name  may  thereby  be  magnified,  and  the 
kingdom  of  thy  Son  Jei'us  Chrift,  enlarged,  in 
whole  name  we  conclude  our  prayers,  &c. 


"The  form  for  the  confirmation  of  marriage,  before  the 
church, 

WHEREAS  married  perfons  are  generally, 
by  reafon  of  fin,  lubjecl  to  many  troubles 
and  afflictions  ;  to  the  end  that  you  N.  and  N. 
(who  defiretohave  your  marriage  bond  publickly 
confirmed  here  in  the  name  of  God,  before  this 
church)  may  alfo  be  allured  in  your  hearts  of  the 
certain  avTiftance  of  God  in  your  afflictions,  hear 
therefore  from  the  word  of  God,  how  honorable 
the  married  ftate  is,  and  that  it  is  an  iiiltitution 
of  God,  which  is  pleafing  to  him.  Wherefore  he, 
alfo  will  (as  he  hath  promiied)  blcfs  and  aflilt  the. 


Of  Marriage.  493 


married  perfons,  and  on  the   contrary  judge   and 
punifh  whoremongers  and  adulterers. 

In  the  firtl  place  you  are  to  know,  that  God 
our  Father,  (after  he  had  created  heaven  and 
earth,  and  all  that  in  them  is)  made  man  in  his 
own  image  and  likenefs,  that  he  mould  have  do- 
minion over  the  beafts  of  the  field,  over  the-fiih 
ot  the  fea,  and  over  the  fowls  of  the  air.  And 
after  he  had  created  man,  he  faid,  It  is  not  good 
that  man  (hould  be  alone,  I  will  make  him  an 
help-meet  for  him.  And  the  Lordcaufed  a  deep 
fleep  to  fall  upon  Adam,  and  he  flept,  and  he  took 
one  of  his  ribs,  and  do  fed  up  the  rleili  inftead. 
thereof.  And  the  rib  which  the  Lord  God  had 
taken  from  man,  made  he  a  woman,  and  brought 
her  unto  the  man.  And  Adam  faid,  this  is  now 
bone  of  my  bone,  and  flefli  of  my  fieih  :  me  mall 
be  called  woman,  becaufe  Ihe  was  taken  out  of 
man.  Therefore  lhail  a  man,  leave  his  father, 
and  his  mother,  and  mail  cleave  unto  his  wife, 
and  they  two  ihall  be  one  flefh.  Therefore  ye  are 
not  to  doubt  but  that  the  married  itate  is  pieafmg 
to  the  Lord,  iince  he  made  unto  Adam  his  wife, 
brought  and  gave  her  himielf  to  him  to  be  his 
wife  ;  witnefiing  thereby  that  he  doth  yet  as 
with  his  hand  bring  unto  every  man  his  wifc. 
For  this  reafon  the  Lord  Jefus  Chrift  did  alfo 
highly  honor  it  with  his  preieace,  gifts  and  mira- 
cles in  Cana  of  Galilee,  to  ihew  thereby,  that  this 
holy  ftate  ought  to  be  kept  honorable  by  all,  that 
he  will  aid  and  aiTitt  the  married  peribns  even 
when  they  are  leaft  expecting  it. 

But  that  ye  may  live  godly  in  this  ftate,  you 
muft  know  the  reaibns  wherefore  God  hath  iniii- 
tuted  the  fame.  The  firifc  reafon  is,  that  each 
'fakbfuliy  aluft  the  other  in  all  things  that  belong 
to  tills  life,  and  a  better. 
C  c 


494  Confirmation 

Secondly.  That  they  bring  up  the  children 
which  they  {hall  get,  in  the  true  knowledge  and 
fear  of  God,  to  his  glory,  and  their  falvation. 

Thirdly.  That  each  of  them  avoiding  all  un- 
cleannefs  and  evil  lufts,  may  live  with  a  good  and 
quiet  conference.  For  to  avoid  fornication,  let 
ev.,ry  man  have  his-own  wife,  and  every  wife  her 
own  hufband  ;  infomuch  that  all  who  are  come  to 
their  years,  and  have  not  the  gift  of  continence, 
are  bound  by  the  command  of  God,  to  enter  into 
the  marriage  ftate,  with  knowledge  and  confent 
of  parents,  or  tutors  and  friends  ;  that  fo  the  tem- 
ple of  God,  which  is  our  body,  may  not  be  defi- 
led, for,  whofoever  defileth  the  temple  of  God, 
hirn  fhall  God  deftroy. 

Next,  you  are  to  know,  how  each  is  bound  to 
behave  refpeclively  towards  the  other,  according 
to  the  word  of  God. 

Firft.  You  who  are  the  bridegoom,  fhall  know, 
that  God  hath  fet  you  to  be  the  head  of  your  wife, 
that  you,  according  to  your  ability,  fhall  lead 
her  with  difcretion  ;  inftrucfing,  comforting, 
protecting  her,  as  the  head  rules  the  body;  yea, 
as  Chrift  is  the  head,  wildom,  confolation,  and 
a ace  to  his  church.  B elides  you  are  to  love 
your  wife  as  your  own  body,  as  Chrift  hath  loved 
his  church  :  you  fhall  not  be  bitter  againfc  her, 
but  dwell  with  her  as  a  man  of  underftanding, 
giving  honor  to  the  wife  as  the  weaker  vefiei, 
confidering  that  ye  are  joint-heirs  of  the  grace  of 
life,  that  your  prayers  be  not  hindered^  andfince  it 
is  God's  command,  that  the  man  fhall  eat  his  bread 
in  the  fweat  of  his  face,  therefore  you  are  to  la- 
bor diligently  and  faithfully,  in  the  calling  where- 
in God  hath  fet  you,  that  you  may  maintain  ycur 
homehold  honeltly,  and  likewife  have  fomet&ing 
to  give  to  the  poor. 

tul&e.  gB#Q&ei  fhall  you,  who  are  the  bride, 


Of  Marriage.  495 

know  how  yon' are  to  carry  yourfelf  towards  your 
•hufband  according  to  the  word  of  God;  you  are  to' 
love  your  lawful  Imiband,  to  honor  and  fear  him., 
as  alfo  to  be  obedient  unto  him  in  all  lawful  things,  • 
as  to  your  lord,  as  the  body  is  obedient  to  the . 
head,  and  the  church  to  Chrift.  You  mall  not 
exercife  any  dominion  over  your  hufband,  but  be 
filent  for  Adam  was  firft  created,  and  then  Eve 
to  be  an  help  to  Adam  ;  and  after  the  fall,  God 
faid  to  Eve,  and  in  her  to  all  women,  your  will 
mall  be  iubjeci  to  your  hufband  :  you  mall  not 
refill  this  ordinance  of  God,  but  be  obedient  to 
the  word  of  God,  and  follow  the  examples  of 
godly  women,  who  trufted  in  God,  and  were 
fubjecl  to  their  hufbands  ;  as  Sarah  was  obedient- 
to  Abraham,  calling  him  her  lord  :  you  iliall  alfo 
be  an  help  to  your  hufband  in  all  good  and  law- 
ful things,  looking  to  your  family,  and  walking  in 
all  honefty  and  virtue,  without  worldly  pride, 
that  you  may  give  an  example  to  others  of  mod- 
efty. 

Wherefore  you  N.  and  you  N.  having  now  un- 
derftood  that  God  hath  inftituted  marriage,  and 
what  he  commands  you  therein  ;  are  ye  willing 
thus  to  behave  yourfelves  in  this  holy  ftate,  as 
you  here  do  confers  before  this  Cnriftian  affembly, 
and  are  defirous  that  you  be  confirmed  in  the 
fame  ? 

Anfwer.     Yes. 
<]  Whereupon  the  minijler  Jhall  fay  to  the  affembly.  £■> 

I  take  you  all,  who  are  met  here,  to   witnefs, 
that  there  is  brought  no  lawful  impediment : 
[Further  to  the  married  perfons] 

Since  then  it  is  fit  that  you  be  furthered  in  this 
your  work,  the  Lord  God  confirm  your  purpofe, 
which  he  hath  given  you  ;  and  your  beginning  be 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  who  made  heaven  and 
earth. 


49  3 


Confirmation 


{Hereupon  they  fhall  join  hands  together,*) 
and  the  minifter  tpeakfirft  to  the  bridegroom,  ) 

N.  Do  you  acknowledge  here  before  God,  and 
this  his  holy  church,  that  ycu  have  taken,  and 
do  take  to  your  lawful  wife  N.  here  prefers, 
ptomiling  her  never  to  foriake  her  ;  to  love  her 
faithfully,  to  maintain  her,  as  a  faithful  and  pious 
huihand  is  bound  to  do  to  his  lawful  wife  ;  and 
that  you  will  live  holily  with  her  ;  keeping  faith 
and  truth  to  her  in  all  things  according  to  the  holy 
gofpel  ? 

Anfwer.   Yes. 

[Afterwards  to  the  bride.] 

N.  Do  you  acknowledge  here  before  God,  and 
this  his  holy  church,  that  you  have  taken,  and  do 
take  to  your  lawful  hufband  N.  here  prefent,  pro- 
mising to  be  obedient  to  him,  to  ferve  and  affiit 
him,  never  to  foriake  him,  to  live  holily  with  him, 
keeping  faith  and  truth  to  him  in  all  things,  as  a. 
pious  and  faithful  wife  is  bound  to  her  lawful  huf- 
band according  to  the  holy  gofpel  ? 
Aniwer.     Yes. 

[Then  the  minifter  fhall  fay,] 

The  Father  of  all  mercies  who  of  his  grace  hath 
called  you  to  this  holy  ftate  of  marriage,  bind  you 
in  true  love  and  faithfuineis,  and  grant  you  his 
bleffing.    Amen. 

Hear  now  from  the  gofpel,  how  firm  the  bond 
of  marriage  is,  as  described  Matthew,  chapter  19. 
veries  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9. 

"  The  Phariiees  came  unto  him,  tempting  him, 
"  and  faying  unto  him,  is  it  lawful  for  a  man  to 
*'  put  away  his  wife  for  every  caufe  ?  and  he  anf- 
"  wered  and  faid  unto  them,  have  ye  not  read,  that 
**  he  which  made  them  at  the  beginning,  made 
f*  them  male  and  female  ?  and  faid,  for  tins  caufe 
«  fhall  a  man  leave  father  and  mother  and  ihall 
*'  cleave  to  his  wife  :  and  they  twain  fhall  be  one 


Of  Marriage.  497 

"  flefh  ;  wherefore  they  are  no  more  twain,  but 
"  one  flePn.  What  therefore  God  hath  joined  to- 
"  gether,  let  not  man  put  aiunder.  They  fay  un- 
11  to  him,  why  did  Moles  then  command  to  give 
"  a  writing  of  divorcement,  and  to  put  her  away  ? 
"  he  faith  unto  them,  Mofes,  becaufe  Gf  the  hard- 
'*  nefs  of  your  hearts,  fuffered  you  to  put  away 
"  your  wives  ;  but  from  the  beginning  it  was  not 
"  lb.  And  I  lay  unto  you,  whofoever  mail  put 
**  away  his  wife  except  it  be  for  fornication,  and 
"  iliall  marry  another,  committeth  adultery  :  and 
"  whofo  marrieth  her  which  is  put  away,  doth 
"  commit  adultery." 

Believe  thefe  words  of  Chrift,  and  be  certain 
and  allured,  that  our  Lord  God  hath  joined  you 
together  in  this  holy  irate.  You  are  therefore  to 
receive,  whatever  befals  veu  therein  with  pa- 
tience and  thankigiving,  as  from  the  hand  of  God, 
and  thus  ail  things  will  turn  to  your  advantage 
and  falvation.     Amen. 

("Then  the  mmifter  {hall  bid  the  married  per-"] 
■^    fons  to  kneel  down,  and  exhort  the  congre-  )- 

[_  gation  to  pray  for  them.  j 

ALMIGHTY  God,  thou  who  difplayeft  thy 
good  nefs  and  wifdom,  in  all  thy  works  and 
ordinances,  and  haft  faid  from  the  beginning,  that 
it  is  not  good  that  man  fhould  be  alone,  and  there- 
fore haft  made  a  help-meet  for  him,  and  ordained, 
that  thole  who  were  two  mould  be  one,  and  like- 
wife  puniiheft  ail  uncleannefs.  We  befeech  thee 
(fince  thou  haft  called  thefe  two  perfons  to  the 
holy  (late  of  marriage,  and  joined  them  together) 
replenish  them  with  thy  holy  Spirit,  that  thevmay 
piouiiy  live  together,  according  to  thy  divine  will, 
in  true  and  firm  faith,  and  refill  ail  wickednefs. 
Vouchfule  to  blels  them,  as  thou  did  ft  fend  thy 
Dtto;  upfoii  the  faithful  fathers,  thv  friends  and 
C  c  x 


498  Of  Man's  Mifery. 

fervants,  Abraham,  Ifaac  and  Jacob  ;  that  they 
may  as  co-heirs  of  the  covenant  (which  thou  ciidlt 
make  with  thoie  fathers)  educate  the  children 
which  thou  malt  be  pleafed  to  give  them,  in  all 
god'inefs,  to  the  glory  of  thy  holy  name,  to  the 
edification  of  thy  church  and  to  the  propagation 
of  thy  hoiy  gofpei. 

He2r  us,  O  Father  of  mercies  !  for  Jefus  Chrirt's 
fake^  thy  beloved  Son  our  Lord,  in  whofe  name 
we  conclude  our  prayers,  faying  Our  Father. 
[Harkennowto  the  prom  ife  of  God,  from  ta8  Piiil.J 

Blejfed  is  every  one  that  feareth  the  Lord,  that 
ivalketh  in  his  ways. 

For  tbcujka.it  eat  the  labor  of  thine  hands  ;  happy 
Jhalt  thou  be,  and  itjhall  be  veil  w!*h  thee. 

Thy  ivife  Jliall  be  as  a  fruitful  v.ne  by  the  fides  of 
thine  hovfe  ;  thy  children  like  olive  plants  round  about 

thy  table. Behold,  that  thus fl-all  the  man  be  blef- 

Jed,  that  feareth  the  Lord. 

The  Lordjhall  blcfs  thee  out  cfgion  :  nvdthon  felt 
fee  the  good  of  Jerufalem  all  the  days  of  thy  life. 

Tea  thou  fl j  alt  fee  thy  children  s  children,  and  peace 
upon  Ifael. 

The  Lord  our  God  replenfh  ycu  <with  his  grace,  and 
grant  that  ye  may  long  live  together  in  all  godliuefs 
and  holineff.     Ame?i. 

The  end  of  the  form  for  the  confirmation   cf  marriage 
before  the  church. 

7he  confolatio'ii  of  the  fu:k,  ivhich  ir  an  infkruiliotk  in 
faith,  and  the  iiay  of 'fu!  vat  ion  to  prepare  believers 
to  die  willingly, 

SINCE  Adam  was  created  iuft  and  £ocd,  th-it 
is  to  fay,  holy  and  righteous,  and  dominion 
given  him  o,-er  a!!  the  creatures  which  God  had 
created  ;  and  whereas  he  did  not  long  remain  in 
this  ftate,  but  has  through  the  fiibttlty  of  tl 
vil  and  bis  cv.i,  rebellion  ralieU  fr<  m  this 


Of  Man's  Mifery.  499 

lent  oicrv,  whereby  he  hath  brought  upon  us  the 
miierv  of  temporal  and  eternal  death  ;  this  is  the 
original  fin  of  which  David  fpeaksin  the  51  Piaim, 
laving,  i  was  fhapen  in  iniquity  and  in  fia  did 
my  mother  conceive  me  :  Pf,  51.  vcrfe  5.  In  like 
manner  Paul  faith  to  the  Romans,  that  by  one 
man  fin  entered  into  the  world,  and  death  by  fin, 
and  death  palled  upon  ail  men,  for  that  all  have 
finned,  Rom.  5.  12.  For  as  foon  as  Adam  was  thus 
fallen,  he  immediately  came  undera  certain  curie, 
as  we  read  in  Genefis,  where  God  faith,  curfed  is 
the  ground  for  thy  fake,  in  forrow  ihalt  thou  eat 
of  it  all  the  days  of  thy  life,  in  the  fweat  of  thy 
face  ftialt  thou  eat  bread,  till  thou  return  unto  the 
ground  ;  for  ounrof  it  waft  thou  taken  :  for  duft 
thou  art,  and  uflto  duft  (halt  thou  return.  Gen.  3. 
17,19.  Whence  we  certainly  know,  that  all  things 
-which  receive  life,  muft  once  die  :  this  David 
clearly  teftifies,  faying,  what  man  is  he  that  liveth, 
and  fiiallnot  fee  death  ?  Pf.  S9.  48.  For  Solomon 
faith,  the  living  know  that  they  thai!  die,  Ecci. 
9.  5.  For  here  we  have  no  continuing  city,  but 
we  leek  one  to  come,  Heb.  13.  14.  And  to  the 
Hebrews,  that  it  is  appointed  unto  men  once  to 
die-,  but  after  this  the  judgment.  Heb.  9.  27.  For 
as  the  fcripture  faith  ;  we  muft  needs  all  die,  and 
aie  as  water  fpilt  on  the  ground,  which  cannot  be 
gathered  up  again.  2  Sam.  14.  14.  For  our  days 
(faith  Job)  are  like  the  days  of  an  hireling,  and 
fwifter  than  a  poft.  Job  9.  25.  And  we  pafs  a- 
way  (faith  David)  like  a  ftream,  yea  iike  a  leaf 
which  the  wind  driveth  away,  and  a  withered  ftalk 
and  a  garment  moth-eaten.  For  the  duft  muft  re- 
turn to  the  earth,  as  it  was,  and  the  fpirit  unto 
God  who  gave  it  :  as  Job  faith,  we  are  afh.es  and 
muft  return  to  allies.  Ecci.  12.  7.  Likewife- 
j dines  faith,  that  man's  life  is  even  a  vapor  that 
a^p&areth  for   a  tittle  time   and  then  vanifiieth 


JSU 


3  Of  Man's  Miferv. 


away.  Jam.  4.  14.  Yea  our  time  paffeth  away  as 
a  cloud  and  is  confumed  like  a  milt,  and  vaniiheth 
as  a  fhadow.  And  Peter  alio  faith  (quoting  from 
Ifaiah)  that  all  8e£b  is  as  grafs,  and  all  the  glory 
of  men,  as  the  flower  of  grafs  ;  the  grafs  withereth, 
and  the  flower  thereof  falleth  away.  Peter  1.  24. 
Again  Jems  Syrach  faith,  this  is  the  old  covenant, 
vou  mull  die  ; — the  one  to-day  and  the  other  to- 
morrow, like  as  green  leaves  upon  a  tree,  fome 
fall  off,  and  others  grow  again  :  thus  it  goeth  with 
mankind,  fome  die  and  fome  are  born.  As  Solo- 
mon faith,  to  everv  thing  there  is  a  feafon,  a  time 
to  be  born,  and  a  time  to  die.  Eccl.  3.  1,  z.  And 
this  time  is  in  the  hands  of  the  Lord,  as  Job  faith, 
man  hath  his  appointed  time,  the  number  of  his 
months  are  with  him,  he  has  appointed  our  bounds 

that  we  cannot    pafs.  Job   14.  5. Which  Paul 

alio  faith  ;  that  God  hath  determined  the  times 
before  appointed,  and  the  bounds  of  their  habita- 
tion. Ads  17.  26. — And  David  faith,  that  our 
davs  are  as  an  hand-breadth  by  the  Lord,  and  our 
age  is  as  nothing  before  him  :  Pf.  39.  5.  How 
vain  are  all  mem  who  live  fo  unconcerned  ?  for  our 
days  are  lighter  than  a  weaver's  lhuttle,  and  fwif- 
ter  than  a  poll.  Job  7.  6.  and  9.  25.  Heb.  1  e.  13. 
Moreover  we  are  here  only  pilgrims  and  ftrangers 
for  a  fhort  time.  For  the  days  of  our  years  are 
three  fcore  years  and  ten,  and  if  by  reafon  of 
lirength  they  be  fourfcore  years,  yet  is  their 
lirength,  labor  and  (arrow  ;  for  it  is  foon  cut  off, 
and  we  fly  away.  Pf.  Qo.  10.  And  when  we  live 
long,  we  live  an  hundred  vears  :  as  drops  of  wa- 
le r  nre  to  the  fea,  lb  are  our  years  to  eternity. 
And  Peter  faith,  that  one  dav  is  with  the  Lord 
as  a  thoufand  years,  and  a  thoufand  years  as  one 
day  ;  2  Peter  3.  S.  even  fo  are  our  years  to  eter- 
nity, whereas  then  we  mult  all  die,  according  to 
ture-     Who  would   net  eameftlv  wi'.h 


Of  Man's  Mifery.  501 

fot  death,  when  we  behold  in  what  ftate,  and  ruin 
we  are  plunged  through  Adam,  namely,  in  all  un- 
righteouiheis,  mifery  and  trouble  ;  inafmuch  that 
we  are  wicked,  and  inclined  to  wickednefs  from 
our  very  infancy-  For  as  Paul  faith,  we  are  by 
nature  the  children  of  wrath,  and  reprobate  unto 
every  good  work,  having  nothing  of  ourfeives  but 
fin.  Eph.  2.  3.  and  Tit.  i.  16.  As  David  alio  faith, 
Pi".  14.  1.  There  is  none  that  doeth  good,  they 
are  all  gone  afide,  they  are  altogether  become  fil- 
thy. Rom.  17.  19.  For  the  good  that  we  would, 
we  do  not,  by  reafon  of  fin  that  dwelleth  in  us. 
Of  this  inherent  fin  David  witneffeth,  "f.  51.  that 
we  are  conceived  and  born  in  fin,  and  proceed  in 
the  fame.  For  the  inclination  of  men's  hearts  is 
to  evil  from  their  youth. 

Since  we  thus  lie  under  the  wrath  of  God,  and 
in  the  fhadow  of  death,  yea  in  hell  and  damnation, 
therefore  Chrifh  the  light  of  the  world  appeared 
unto  us,  and  the  fun  ot  righteofceis  is  rifen. — 
Rom.  4.  25.  Who  was  delivered  for  our  offen- 
ces, and  was  raifed  again  for  our  juftirication,  and 
hath  alfo  quickened  us,  when  we  were  dead  in 
fin,  and  hath  forgiven  us  our  fins,  and  blotted  out 
the  hand  writing  of  ordinances  that  was  agaim't 
us,  and  took  it  out  of  the  way,  and  nailed  it  on 
the  crofs  ;  Col.  z.  14.  whereby  he  hath  triumph- 
ed over  all  our  enemies,  as  death,  fatan,  hell  and 
the  curfe  of  the  law,  as  God  hath  fpoken  by  the 
prophet  Hofea,  O  death,  where  is  thy  ftiag  !  O 
grave  where  is  thy  victory  ?  Thanks  be  to  God, 
which  giveth  us  the  victory,  through  our  Lord 
Jefus  Chrift,  1  Cor.  15.  55.  and  57.  who  hath  alfo 
(according  to  the  prcmife  of  God)  bruifed  the 
head  of  the  devil,  in  whole  power  we  were  kept 
captives,  by  reafon  of  the  tranfgreffions  of  fin. 


502       Of  Mair  s  Redemption. 

God  to  the  end  that  he  might  deliver  us  there- 
from, hath  given  us  his  deareit  pledge,  namely,  his 
only  beloved  Son  in  whom  the  Father  is  well  plea- 
ted, and  commands  us  to  hear  him.  Whom  he 
hath  given  for  a  propitiation  and  a  ranfom.  For 
God  ib  loved  the  world,  that  he  gave  his  only 
begotten  Son,  that  whofoever  believeth  in  him 
ihould  not  periih,  but  have  everlafting  life,  John 
3.  16.  Alio  in  this  was  manifeited  the  love  of 
God  towards  us,  becaufe  that  God  fent  his  only 
begotten  Son  into  the  world  that  we  might  live 
through  him.  1  John  4.  9.  And  this  is  life  e- 
ternal,  (faith  Chrift)  that  they  might  know  thee 
the  only  true  God,  and  Jefus  Chrift  whom  thou 
haft  lent.  John  1.  17.  and  3.  He  is  the  true 
Meffiah,  who  came  into  the  world  in  the  fulnefs 
of  time,  true  God,  to  cruth  the  power  of  the  dev- 
il ;  and  true  man  to  be  our  mediator  before  God, 
that  he  might  deliver  thofe  who  were  captive  un- 
der the  law.  He  i3  that  lamb  without  blemiili, 
that  was  wounded  and  offered  for  our  tranfgref- 
iions,  to  be  a  propitiation  for  all  our  fins,  as  Iiai- 

ah  clearly  teftilies. And  he  who  was  rich,  for 

our  fakes  became  poor,  that  we  through  his  pov- 
erty might  be  rich.  2  Cor.  S.  For  he  hath  giv- 
en unto  us,  all  his  goods,  all  his  benefits,  all  his 
righteoufnefs,  merits  and  holinefs  :  therefore  we 
muft  embrace  him  in  faith,  and  be  thankful  to 
him  with  love  and  obedience.  And  who  would 
not  love  him  who  firft  loved  us  !  in  that  when  we 
were  yet  his  enemies  he  delivered  and  reconcil- 
ed us,  how  much  more  being  reconciled,  ihall  we 
be  faved  by  his  life  !  Rom.  5.  iS.  and  John  15. 
13.  For  how  can  one  have  greater  love,  than  to 
lay  down  his  life  for  his  friends  ?  Which  Chrift 
as  a  good  fhepherd  hath  done,  who  hath  been  o- 
bedient  to  his  Father,  unto  death,  even  the  death 
of  the  crols,  and  was  made  a  little  lower  than  the 


Of  Man's  Redemption.       503 

angels.,-  for  the  fufrering  of  death,  crowned  with 
glory  and  honor  ;  Phii.  z.  8.  Heb.  z.  9.  that  he 
by  the  grace  of  God  fhould  tafte  death  for  every 
man.  Luke  10.34.  Alfohe  is  the  true  Samari- 
tan who  hath  poured  oil  and  wine  in  our  wounds, 
that  is  to  fay,  he  hath  poured  out  his  precious 
blood  for  our  lins,  and  bought  us  with  fuch  a 
precious  price.  For  we  are  not  (faith  Peter)  re- 
deemed with  gold  or  filver,  but  with  the  precious 
blood  of  Chrift,  as  of  a  lamb  without  blemifh  and 
without  fpot.  1  Pet.  1.  17,  18.  For  we  are  not 
redeemed  by  the  blood  of  goats  or  calves,  but  "by 
his  own  blood  he  entered  in  once  into  the  holy 
place,  having  obtained  eternal  redemption  for  us  ; 
Heb.  9.  12.  Col.  1.  13,  14.  who  hath  alfo  deliver- 
ed us  from  the  power  of  darknefs,  and  hath  trans- 
lated us  into  the  kingdom  of  his  dear  Son,  in 
whom  we  have  redemption  through  his  blood,  e- 
ven  the  forgivenefs  of  fins. 

Since  we  certainly  know  this,  that  we  only  ob- 
tain eternal  falvation,  without  our  merits,  (for 
we  have  none,  wherefore  we  are  unprofitable  ier- 
vants  through  the  death  and  refurreclion  of  Chrift, 
we  muft  therefore  come  boldly  unto  the  throne  of 
grace,  that  we  may  obtain  mercy,  and  find  grace 
to  help  in  time  of  need.  Heb.  4.  16.  And 
fince  we  always  ftand  in  need  of  help,  we  muft 
go  unto  him  ;  for  he  faith,  by  the  prophet  David, 
call  upon  me  in  the  day  of  trouble,  and  I  will  de- 
liver thee.  Pf.  50.  15.  And  although  a  mother 
might  forfake  her  child,  yet. will  I  never  foriake 
thee,  as  Chrift  himielf  faith  in  the  gofpel  :  come 
unto  me  ail  ye  that  labor  and  are  heavy  laden  and 
I  will  give  you  reft,  and  ye  ihall  find  reft  unto 
your  fouls.  Mat.  11.  28,  and  29.  To  whom 
elfe  mould  we  go  ?  He  hath  the  words  of  eternal' 
life,  John  6.  6  8,  and  life  is  made  manifeft  in  him4. 
He  is  that  heavenly  marina,  which  eternally  iai- 


504        Of  Man's  Redemption. 

isfies  our  fouls,  that  heavenly  bread  of  which  he 
that  eateth  through  faith,  Avail  never  hunger,  and 
whofoever  drinketh  of  his  blood  fhall  never  thirit. 
Again  Chrift.  faith  by  the  apoftle  John,  Let  him 
that  is  a-thirft,  come  and  take  the  water  of  life 
freely.  Rev.  22.  17.  He  that  believeth  on  me, 
as  the  fcripture  hath  faid,  out  -of  his  belly  lhali 
iiow  rivers  of  living  water,  John  7.  38,  which 
are  the  operations  of  the  Holy  Ghoft  ;  whofoev- 
er drinketh  of  that  living  water,  fhall  never  thirft, 
iov  the  water  that  I  (hall  give  him,  fhall  be  in 
him  a  well  of  water  fpringing  up  into  everlailing 
fife.  John  4.  14.  As  God  hath  faid  by  the  pro- 
phet Ifaiah,  Every  one  that  thiriteth,  come  ye  to 
the  waters,  and  he  that  hath  no  money  come  buy 
and  eat ;  yea  come,  buy  wine  and  milk,  without 
money  and  without  price,  Ifa.  55.  1.  Therefore 
let  us  go  to  this  fountain  for  our  refrefhment,  and 
not  to  (linking  wells  which  contain  no  water. 
For  of  his  fulnefs  have  we  ail  received  grace  for 
grace  :  for  the  law  was  given  by  Moies  but  grace 
and  truth  came  by  Jefus  Chrift.  John  1.  16.  17. 

He  is  the  true  Mediator  who  ftarids  between 
God  and  us,  to  be  our  advocate  againit  all  our  ac- 
cusers :  For  there  is  one  mediator  between  God 
and  men,  the  man  Chrift  Jefus.  1  Tim.  2.  5. 
9.  15.  For  this  caufe  he  is  alfo  a  mediator 
of  the  new  tellament,  that  bv  means  of  death, 
for  the  redemption  of  the  tranfgrefiions  that  were 
under  the  firil  teilament,  they  which  are  called 
might  receive  the  promife  of  an  eternal  inheri- 
tance.  Wherefore  he  is  able  alfo  tofavethem 

to  the  utterjnoft,  that  come  unto  God  by  him, 
feeing  lie  ever  liveth  to  make  intercefiion  for  us; 
Keb.  7.  25.  with  which  the  apoitle  John  agce- 
ing,  faiih,  If  any  man  f  n  we  have  an  advocate 
with  the  Father,  Jefus  Chrift  the  righteous.  He 
is  the  propitiation  for  our  fins  ;  swd  not  for  twa 


Of  Man's  Redemption.       505 

onlv,  but  alfo  for  the  fins  of  the  whole  world  :  i 
John  2.  1,  and  2.  namely,  for  all  people  and  tta- 
tions  of  the  whole  world,  who  fincerely  repent 
and  turn  themfelves  to  God  :  for  the  Lamb  was 
flain,  from  the  beginning  of  the  world  for  believ- 
ers, as  Chriit  himfelf  faith,  that  Abraham  faw 
his  day  and  was  glad.     John  8.  56. 

Thus  we  fee  that  God  is  no  refpecler  of  perfons : 
Acls  10.  34.  Rom.  3.  29,  30.  For  God  is  not 
only  the  God  of  the  Jews,  but  of  the  Gentiles  al- 
fo :  namely  he  is  a  God  who  justifies  the  circurn- 
cifion  by  faith,  and  the  uncircumcifion  through 
faith  ;  for  he  hath  juiiihed  us  by  faith,  without 
the  deeds  of  the  law.  After  which  manner  David 
alio  {peaks,  that  falvation  is  only  come  unto  the 
man  to  whom  God  imputeth  righteoufnefs  with- 
out works,  where  he  faith,  Bleffed  is  he  whofe 
tranfgreffions  are  forgiven,  whofe  fin  is  covered. 
Bleffed  is  the  man  unto  whom  the  Lord  imputeth 
not  iniquity.     Pf.  32.   1,  2. 

Rom.  5.  r.  Therefore  being  justified  by  faith, 
we  have  peace  with  God,  through  our  Lord  Jefus 
Chrift,  by  whom  we  have  a  certain  accefs  into  the 
holy  place,  by  his  blood,  whereby  he  hath  made 
peace  between  God  and  us  ;  for  he  is  our  true 
peace,  wherefore  we  have  nothing  more  to  fear. 
For  Paul  faith,  Rom.  3.  31,  ^t,,  34,  35.  If  God 
be  for  us,  who  can  be  againil  us  ?  Who  (hall  lay 
any  thing  to  the  charge  of  God's  elect  ?  It  is  God 
that  juititiech,  who  is  he  that  condemneth  ?  It  is 
Chrift  that  died,  yea  rather  that  is  rilen  again, 
who  is  even  at  the  right  hand  of  God,  who  mak- 
eth  intercefhon  for  us  ;  who  (Hall  feparate  us  from 
the  love  of  Chrift  ?  mall  tribulation,  or  diftrefs, 
or  perfecuticn,  or  famine,  or  nakednefs,  or  peril 
or  i'word  ?  Therefore  tho'  we  have  the  daily  actu- 
al and  other  fias  remaining  in  us,  we  mult  not 
D  d 


5c6        Of  Man's  Redemption. 

defpair.  Fcr  the  prophet  Ifaiah  faith,  though 
your  firs  be  as  fcarlet,  they  (hall  be  as  white  as 
lhow  ;  though  they  be  red  like  crimibn,  they  ihall 
be  as  wool  :  If.  i.  iS.  And  this  is  done  through 
Je'fils  Chrift,  who  hath  waihed  away  our  fins  by 
his  blood,  of  which  baptifm  is  a  fign  ;  and  the 
Lord's  iupper  is  a  token  unto  us,  that  we  are  re- 
deemed by  the  facrince  of  Chrift  once  offered  on 
the  crofs,  that  he  might  deliver  us  from  the  wrath 
to  come,  and  all  iniquity  ;  and  purify  unto  him- 
felf  a  peculiar  people,  zealous  of  good  works,  by 
which  the  Lord  may  be  praifed.     Tit.  2.  24. 

We  then  knowing  for  certain,  that  we  are  recon- 
ciled to  God  by  Jei'us  Chrift,  ought  (according  to 
the  word  of  God)  to  have  an  earneft  defire  of  be- 
ing delivered  from  this  mortal  body,  by  which  we 
muft  come  to  that  glorious  inheritance  of  all  the 
children  of  God,  which  is  prepared  f@r  us  in  hea- 
ven. This,  Paul,  that  chofen  veffel  of  God,  de- 
firts,  when  he  faith,  Rom.  7.  24.  O  wretched 
man  that  I  am,  who  ihall  deliver  me  from  the  body 
of  this  death?  Moreover  he  faith,  2  Cor.  5.  1.  We 
know  that  if  our  own  earthly  houfe  of  this  taber- 
nacle were  diffoived,  we  have  a  building  of  God, 
eternal  in  the  heavens  ;  for  in  this  we  groan  ear- 
neiily  defiring  to  be  cloathed  upon,  with  our  houfe 
which  is  from  heaven,  and  we  are  always  confi- 
dent, knowing  that  whilft  we  are  at  home  in  the 
body,  we  are  abfent  from  the  Lord  ;  therefore  we 
are  willing  rather  to  be  abfent  from  the  body,  and 
to  be  preient  with  the  Lord.  2  Cor.  5.  2,  6,  and 
8  verfes.  Again,  Paul  faith,  Rom.  8.  22.  we 
know  that  the  whole  creation  groaneth  with  us, 
and  not  only  they,  but  we  ourfelves  groan  within 
ourfelves,  who  have  the  firft  fruits  of  the  fpirit, 
waiting  for  the  adoption,  to  wit,  the  redemption 
of  our  body.  And  fmce  we  arc  pilgrims  and 
ilrar.gers,  who  would  not  defire  to  be  at  heme  in 


Of  Man's  Redemption.        507 

his  native  country  ?  For  here  we  walk  in  abfence, 
and  in  faith,  but  not  in  light.  For  now  we  fee 
through  a  glafs  darkly,  but  then  face  to  face,  as 
he  is.  1  Cor.  13.  12.  Who  would  not  long  after 
this  fight,  frnce  we  fee  that  the  holy  men  of  God 
have  craved  after  it  ?  As  we  read  in  the  42  Pfahn. 
As  the  hart  panteth  after  the  water  brooks,  fo 
panteth  my  foul  after  thee,  O  God  !  My  foul  thirti- 
eth for  God,  for  the  living  God  :  when  fhall  I 
come  and  appear  before  God  ?  My  tears  have 
been  my  meat,  day  and  night,  while  they  conti- 
nually fay  unto  me,  where  is  thy  God.  This  un- 
utterable glorious  fight  of  God  is  fo  great  (as  the 
prophet  faith)  Ifa.  64.  4.  1  Cor.  2.9.  That  eye 
hath  not  feen,  nor  ear  heard,  neither  hath  enter- 
ed into  the  heart  of  man, the  things  that  God  hath 
prepared  for  them  that  love  him.  Again  David 
faith,  that  a  day  in  the  courts  of  the  Lord  is  better 
than  a  thcufand;  yea,  I  had  rather  be  a  door- 
keeper in  the  houfe  of  God,  than  to  dwell  long 
in  the  tents  cf  wickednefs.  Pf.  84.  10.  How  ami- 
ble  are  thy  tabernacles,  G  Lord  of  holts  !  bleffed 
are  they  that  dwell  in  thy  houfe :  Pf.  34.  1  and  4. 
they  will  ftill  be  praifing  thee.  And  they  fhall 
be  abundantly  fatisned  with  the  fatnefs  of  thy 
houfe,  and  thou  fhalt  make  them  drink  of  the  ri- 
ver of  thy  pleafures.  Pi".  36.  S  and  9.  For  with 
thee  is  the  fountain  of  life,  in  thy  light'  fhall  we 
fee  light  :  this  is  the  delightful  manfion,  of  which 
Chrift  fpake  by  John,  John  14.  2  and  3.  In  my 
Father's  houfe  are  many  manfions,  if  it  were  not 
fo,  I  would  have  told  you.  I  go  to  prepare  a  place 
for  you,  and  will  come  again  and  receive  you  un- 
to myfelf,  that  where  I  am  there  may  ye  be  alfo 
— Rev.  ait.  23.  namely  in  the  new  Jerufalem^ 
which  has  no  need  of  the  fun  neither  of  the  moon, 
for  the  giory  of  God  lightens  it,  and  the  Lamb  is 
the  light  thereof.     There  God  will  wipe  all  tears 


5c8        Of  Man's  Redemption. 

away  from  our  eyes,  and  death  (hall  be  no  more  : 
which  is  the  laft  enemy  that  God  will  trample  un- 
der his  feet.  There  God  hath  prepared  a  glorious 
wedding,  where  we  (hall  fit  at  the  table  of  the 
Lord,  together  with  Abraham,  Ifaac  and  Jacob  : 
and  blen'ed  are  they  who  are  called  to  this  wed- 
ding or  fupper. 

We  cannot  corns  to  this  fupper  by  any  other 
means  than  through  death,  therefore  Paul  faith, 
Phil.  1.21.  For  to  me  to  live  is  Chrift,  and  to 
die  ib  gain.  And  as  foon  as  the  faithful  depart 
from  hence,  they  enter  into  eternal  reft,  as  Chrift 
faith,  John  12.  26.  Where  I  am,  there  fhall  alio 
my  fervants  be  :  Againj  He  that  heareth  my 
word  and  believeth  on  him  that  fent  me,  hath 
everlafting  life,  and  (hall  not  eome  into  condem- 
nation, but  is  palled  from  death  unto  life.  John 
5.  14.  Which  is  alfo  plainly  to  be  obferved  in 
the  malefactor,  when  he  prayed  and  faid,  Lord 
remember  me  when  thou  comeft  into  thy  king- 
dom. Luke  23.  verfe  42,  43.  Upon  which 
Chrift  anfwered  him,  to-day  (halt  thou  be  with 
me  in  Paradife  :  Therefore  Paul  juftly  faid  (a- 
greeable  to  this)  t  defire  to  depart  and  to  be  with 
Chrift.  Phil.  1.  23.  Solomon  likewife  faith, 
Eccl.  12.  7.  That  duft  muft  return  to  the  earth, 
25  it  was,  and  the  fpir.it  unto  God  who  gave  it. — ■ 
Which  aifo  evidently  appears  in  the  example  of 
Enoch  and  Eiias  who  were  both  taken  up  into 
heaven,  where  our  freedom  and  converfation  is  ; 
Phil.  3.  2o,  21.  from  whence  alio  we  look  for  the 
Saviour,  the  Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  who  fhall  change 
our  vile  body,  that  it  may  be  fafhioned  like  unto 
his  glorious  body.  And  we  cannot  arrive  to  this 
ft?.te  of  giory,  udefs  through  much  tribulation, 
of  which  Jefus  Syrach  elegantly  fpeaks  :  My  fon, 
(faith  he)  if  thou  come  to  ferve  the  Lord  prepare 
thy  foul  for  temptation  :  In  which  thou  (halt  d- 


Of  Man's  Redemption.         509 

[b  rejoice,  thou  who  haft  for  a  fhort  time,  mourn- 
ed with  much  temptation.  But  the  God  of  all 
grace,  who  hath  called  us  unto  his  eternal  glory- 
by  Chrift  Jefus,  after  that  ye  have  iuffered  a 
while  vv'iil  make  you  perfect,  ftabliih,  itrengthen, 
fettle  you.  i  Pet.  5,  20.  Again  Paul  faith,  if 
fo  be  that  we  fuffer  with  Chrift,  we  fliail  alfo  be 
glorified  together.  Rom.  S.  17,  iS.  For  the 
iufferings  of  this  prefent  time,  are  not  to  be  com- 
pared with  the  glory  which  ihall  be  revealed  to 
us.  2  Cor.  4.  17.  For  our  affliction  is  temporal 
and  light,  but  worketh  an  eternal  and  exceeding 
weight  of  glory. — And  David  faid,  Pf.  30.  5. — 
Weeping  may  endure  for  a  night,  but  joy  Com- 
eth in  the  morning.  Therefore  rejoice,  that 
when  his  glory  mall  be  revealed  ye  may  be  glad 
alfo  with  exceeding  joy.  1  Pet.  4.  13.  Chrift 
hath  alio  fuffered  without  the  gate,  therefore  let 
us  alfo  go  forth  unto  him  without  the  camp,  bear- 
ing his  reproach.  For  herein"  hath -Chrift  left  us 
an  example,  that  we  mould  follow  his  fteps.  Heb. 
13.  12,  13.  Again  Peter  faith,  Forafmuch  then, 
as  Chrift  hath  Iuffered  for  us  in  the  flelh,  arm 
yourielves  likewiie  with  the  fame  mind.  1  Pet. 
2.  21.  For  he  that  fuffers  in  the  flefh  ceafeth  from 
fin.  1  Pet.  4.  1.  Moreover  the  apoftle  James  al- 
fo faith,  my  beloved  brethren,  count  it  all  joy 
when  you  fail  into  diveis  temptations,  Jam.  1.2. 
And  Paul  likewife  faith,  Rom.  5.  3,  4  and  5. — 1 
We  glory  in  tribulations,  knowing  that  tribula- 
tion worketh  patience,  and  patience,  experience, 
and  experience,  hope,  and  hope  maketh  us  not  a- 
fhamed,  For  which  reafen  we  muft  not  defpife 
the  chaitening  of  the  Lord,  when  we  are  rebuked 
of  him  ;  for  whom  the  Lord  loveth  he  chafteneth, 
and  he  icourgeth  every  fon  whom  he  receiveth  ; 
which  may  be  feen  at  large  in  the  12th  chap.  of. 
the  epiftle  to  the  Hebrews,  be  therefore  patient, 


510        Of  Man's  Redemption. 

and  eftablifh  your  hearts,  for  the  coming  of  the 
Lord  draweth  nigh.  Jam.  5.  8,  10  and  11.  Take 
alio  the  prophets  for  an  ex-ample  of  fufFering  af- 
fliction, and  of  patience  ;  we  count  them  happy 
which  endure,  for  we  have  heard  of  the  patience 
of  Job,  and  have  feen  the  end  of  the  Lord,  who 
have  left  us  an  example  of  perfeverance.  For 
we  fee  that  Chrift  for  the  fuffering  of  death,  hath 
been  crowped  with  never  fading  honor.  Heb.  2. 
9.  Therefore  Chrift  alfo  faith,  he  that  endureth 
to  the  end  fbaU  be  iav=d  :  Mat.  to.  22.  and  the  a- 
poftle  Paul  f|ith,  2  Tim.  4.  7,  and  3.  I  have 
iought  a  good  light,  I  have  fmiihed  my  courfe,  I 
have  kept  the  faith,  henceforth  there  is  laid  up 
for  me  a  crown  of  righteoufneis,  which  the  Lord 
the  righteous  Judge  ihallgive  me  ;  and  not  only 
to  me,  but  unto  all  them  that  love  his  appearing. 
Likewile  James  faith,  1.  12.  Bleffed  is  the  man 
that  endureth  temptation,  for  when  he  is  tried, 
he  {hall  receive  the  crown  of  life,  which  the  Lord 
hath  promiied  to  them  that  love  him. 

To  obtain  this  crown  of  righteoufnefs,  we  mult 
manfully  fight  againft  all  our  enemies,  who  attack 
Uo  on  all  fides  :  particularly  againft  the  wiles  of 
the  devil,  againft  which  put  on  the  whole  armor, 
of  God,  with  which  you  will  be  able  to  withftand 
the  devil  and  all  his  might.  Peter  ipeakmg  of  this 
fight  faith,  that  the  devil  walketh  about  as  a  roar- 
ing lion  feekiag  v.  horn  he  may  devour  :  1  Pet.  5. 
S.  9.  whom  reiiil  ftedfaft  in  the  faith,  and  he  will 
flee  from  you.  This  victory  and  refiftance  we 
have  of  God  through  Chrift,  who  tramples  the  de- 
vil under  our  feet,  in  whofe  power  and  bonds  we 
were  bound.  He  is  the  prince  of  this  world  whom 
Chrift  hath  cart  out  ;  and  we  have  likewile  thro* 
him  obtained  the  victory,  and  are  alfo  through 
faith  made  partakers  of  him.  He  is  the  old  fer- 
pent  who  feeks  to  devour  us,  who  did  devour  our 


Of  Man's  Redemption.        511 

firO;  parents,  and  who  ftill  bites  us  in  the  heqL 
therefore  he  is  called  a  murderer  from  the  be- 
ginning. 

Therefore  we  muft  be  diligently  on  our  guard  a- 
gainil  his  wiles;  as  Peter  faith, be  fober  and  watch 
unto  prayer,  i  Pet,  4.  7.  For  as  Chrift  faith,  we 
know  neither  the  day  nor  the  hour  wherein  the 
Lord  will  come.  Mat.  25.  13.  Eat  this  ye  know 
that,  if  the  good  man  of  the  honfe  had  known, 
what  hour  the  thief  would  come,  he  would  have 
watched.  Luke  12.  39,  40,  45,  and  45.  Be  ye 
ready  therefore  alfo,  for  the  Son  of  man  will  come 
at  an  hour  when  we  watch  not,  but  begin  to  beat 
our  fellow  fervants,  and  to  eat  and  drink  with  the 
drunkards  ;  then  the  Lord  will  come,  and  cat  us 
in  lunder,  and  our  portion  will  be  with  the  hypo- 
crites :  Mark  9.  24.  there  will  be  weeping  and 
gnalhing  of  teeth,  there  the  worm  never  dieth, 
and  the  fire  is  not  quenched.  For  we  certainly 
know  that  the  day  of  the  Lord  will  come  as  a  thief 
in  the  night,  when  we  mall  fay,  peace  and  fafety, 
then  fudden  deitruclion  will  come  upon  us,  as 
travail  upon  a  woman  with  child.  2  Pet.  3.  10. 
Therefore  take  heed  to  yourfelves  left  at  any  time 
your  hearts  be  overcharged  with  forfeiting  and 
drunkennefs  and  C3res  of  this  life,  and  fo  that  day 
come  upon  you  unawares.  Luke  21.  34.  For  as 
a  fnare  or  as  lightning  which  comes  fuddenly, 
fhall  it  come  on  us  all.  Luke  21.  35,  and  36. 
"Watch  therefore  and  pray  always,  that  ye  may  be 
accounted  worthy  to  efcape  all  thefe  things,  that 
mall  come  to  pais,  and  to  Hand  undaunted  before 
the  Son  of  man.  But  this  worthiness  to  ftand  be.* 
fore  the  Son  of  man  coniifts  in  a  pure  undenled 
and  immoveable  faith  which  worketh  thro'  love, 
by  which  we  receive  and  embrace  Chriit  with  all 
his  merits  and  benefits.  Which  faith  we  muft 
{hew  by  a  pure  life.     As  James  faith,  and  of  this 


512        Of  Man's  Redemption. 

purity  Chrift  fpeaks  by  Matthew,  blefled  are  the 
pure  in  heart,  for  they  mall  fee  God.  Mat.  5.  8. 
And  the  principal  purity  lies  in  the  heart,  for  as 
Chrift  faith, out  of  the  heart  proceed  evil  thoughts 
murders,  adulteries,  fornications,  thefts,  falfe  wit- 
ffefs  and  blafpheraies  :  thefe  things  defile  a  man. 
Mat.  15.  19,  and  20.  Therefore  the  fruits  of  the 
fpirit  follow,  which  are  love,  joy,  peace,  long  fuf- 
fcring,  gentlenefs,  goodcefs,  faith,  meeknefs,  cha- 
rity, righteoufnefs,  and  truth.  Gal.  5.  22,  and  23. 
Thereiore  unlefs  we  are  born  again,  we  canaot  fee 
the  kingdom  of  God.  Mat.  3.  3.  Ytcy  is  Chrift 
faith,  except  ye  repent  and  become  as  children 
(to  wit,  in  fin)  ye  fhall  not  enter  into  the  kingdom 
of  heaven.  Mark  id.  14.  There  fh all  nothing 
enter  into  it  that  deliieth,  neither  whatibever 
■worketh  abomination,  or  maketh  a  lie.  Rev.  21. 
27.  as  Paul  hkewife  clearly  teftiiieth. 

Since  then  the  law  of  God  requires  this-  per- 
fection of  us,  as  it  is  written,  curled  is  every  one 
who  doth  not  keep  the  whole  law.  As  James  al- 
fo  faith,  whofoever  offendeth  in  one  point,  he  is 
guilty  of  all.  Jam.  2.  10.  Again,  whofoever 
doeth  the  law  mall  live  by  it :  but  we  do  not 
keep  the  leaf!  commandment  perfectly.  As  the 
wife  man  faith,  when  we  imagine  we  have  done, 
we  only  begin,  (and  in  cafe  we  did  do  it,  we  on- 
ly do  our  duty)  wherefore  we  are  by  the  lav/  con- 
demned in  God's  righteous  judgment  ;  for  this 
we  have  a  fure  remedy  and  cure,  namely,  Chrift 
who  hath  redeemed  us  (as  Paul  faith)  from  the 
curfe  of  the  law,  Gal.  3.  13.  and  hath  fatisfied 
the  righteoufnefs  of  God  for  us,  making  recon- 
c;  iation  ;  and  who  hath  broken  down  the  wall 
which  was  between  us,  namely  the  law,  contain- 
ed in  ordinances,  and  forgiven  us  our  fins,  and 
torn  the  hand-writing  of  them,  and  nailed  it  to 
the  crofs ;  for  this  great  love  of  Chrift,  we  ought 


Of  Man's  Redemption.        $13 

alfo  to  love  him,  and  to  be  thankful  to  him,  with 
good  works,  and  verily  to  believe  in  him,  for  the 
gift  of  all  theie  excellent  benefits  :  for  he  that 
cometh  to  God,  muft  believe  that  he  is  a  reward- 
er  of  them  that  feek  him ;  for  the  juft  fhali  live  by 
his  faith.  Heb.  n.  6.  Therefore  we  conclude 
that  a  man  is  juftified  by  faith,  without  the  deeds 
-of  the  law;  Heb.  i.  4.  Rom.  3.  sS.  and  altho* 
we  fuffer  a  little  with  Chrift,  we  muft  not  defpair, 
for  we  fee  that  Chrift  himfelf,  when  he  was  fmote 
for  our  fins,  did  not  fmite  again,  but  fuffered 
patiently  ;  and  if  the  ungodly  live  in  great  prof- 
perity,  as  David  and  the  prophets  teftify,  we 
muft  not  marvel,  neither  ftumble,  but  comfort 
ourfelves,  being  allured  that  their  end  is  everlaft- 
ing  death.  He  lets  them  go  as  fheep  to  the 
Slaughter,  therefore  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at 
that  the  faithful  meet  with  no  more  croffes,  in 
comparifon  to  the  glorious  joy  which  is  prepared 
for  them,  and  on  the  coutrary,  that  the  ungodly 
have  no  more  profperity,  than  they  have,  in  com- 
parifon to  the  dreadful  damnation  which  attends 
them.  Therefore  if  the  trial  of  believers  is  not 
alike,  fo  neither  ihall  the  refurrection  of  the  dead 
be  alike.  And  in  this  we  have  great  comfort, 
that  all  believers  will  rife  at  the  laft  day  ;  of 
which  Paul  reafoning,  faith,  1  Cor.  15.  If  the 
dead  rife  not,  then  is  not  Chrift  rifen,  then  is  our 
preaching  vain,  and  we  are  found  falfe  witnefies 
of  God.  The  manner  of  our  refurre6tion  we 
may  read  in  the  27th  chap,  of  Ezekiel,  how 
that  we  (hall  rife  with  flefli  and  bones.  And  Job 
alfo  faith,  Job  19.  I  know  that  my  Redeemer 
liveth,  and  will  hereafter  raife  me  up  out  of  the 
earth,  and  that  I  fhall  be  covered  with  my  fkin, 
and  in  my  own  flefh,  fee  God  ;  likewife  the  pro- 
phet Ifaiah  faith,  that  the  earth  and  the  fea  null 
D  d  3, 


514       Of  Man's  Redemption. 

give  up  the  dead  which  have  flept  in  them,  for 
Chrift  is  the  refurrettion,  the  firit  of  them  that 
flept. 

Eut  you  muft  not  be  ignorant  concerning  them 
which  are  aileep,  that  ye  forrow  not  even  as  oth- 
ers, which  have  no  hope,  1  Theff.  4.  13  to  17. 
For  if  we  believe  that  Jefus  died  and  roie  again, 
even  fo  thofe  alfo  which  deep  in  Jefus,  will  God 
bring  with  him,  for  this  we  fay  as  a  true  word  of 
God,  that  we  which  are  alive  and  remain  unto 
the  coming  of  the  Lord,  fhail  hot  prevent  them 
which  are  afleep,  for  the  Lord  himielf,  (hall  de- 
scend from  heaven  with  a  fhout,  with  the  voice 
of  the  arch-angel,  and  with  the  trump  of  God, 
and  the  dead  in  Chrift  fhail  rife  firil  ;  then  we 
which  are  alive  and  remain,  fhail  be  caught  up  to- 
gether, with  them  in  the  clouds,  to  meet  the  Lord 
in  the  air.  Where  we  muft  appear  before  the 
judgment  feat  of  Chrift  :  where  every  one  will 
receive  according  to  that  he  hath  done,  whether 
it  be  good  or  bad.  2  Cor.  5.  10.  Then  Chrift 
fhail  feparate  the  ineep  from  the  goats,  and  the 
fheep  will  be  let  on  his  right  hand,  who  fhali 
hear  the  delightful  voice,  Come  ye  bleffed,  inhe- 
rit the  kingdom  of  my  Father,  prepared  for  you 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world.  There  we  fhail 
itand  with  greater  confidence  againft  thofe  who 
have  diftreffed  us  ;  then  we  lhall  mine  forth  as 
the  fun  in  the  kingdom  of  our  Father,  there  we 
lhall  come  to  the  hope  of  an  innumerable  compa- 
ny of  angels.  There  we  {hall  reign  from  eterni- 
ty to  eternity.     Amen. 

Bleffed  are  they  whofe  names  are  written  in 
the  book  of  life  ! 

The  End  of  the  Confolaiion  of  the  Sick. 


The  ConfefHon  of  Faith.      515 

The  confejfion  of  faith,  cornpofed  in  the  council  ofNice^ 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  325. 

WE  believe  in  one  God,  the  Father  almighty, 
Maker  of  heaven  and  earth,  and  of  all  things, 
vifible  and  invrfi'ble  ;  and  in  one  Lord  Jefus  Chrift, 
the  only  begotten  Son  of  God — begotten  of  his  Fa- 
ther, before  all  worlds — God  of  god,  Light  of  light 
« — very  God  of  very  God — begotten  not  made — 
being  of  one  fubftance  with  the  Father,  by  whom 
all  things  were  made  :  who,  for  us  men,  and  for 
our  falvation,  came  down  from  heaven,  and  was  in- 
carnate by  the  Holy  Ghoft  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  and 
was  made  man,  and  was  crucified  alfo,  for  us,  un- 
der Pontius  Piiate.  He  fuffered  and  was  buried, 
and  the  third  day  he  rofe  again,  according  to  the 
fcriptures,  and  afcended  into  heaven,  and  fitleth  on 
the  right  hand  of  the  Father.  And  he  mall  come 
again  with  glory  to  judge  both  the  quick  and  the 
dead  :  whofe  kingdom  fball  have  no  end.  And  in 
the  Holy  Ghoft,  who  fpake  by  the  prophets.  And 
one  holy  Catholic  and  Apoftolic  church.  I  ac- 
knowledge one  baptifm,  for  the  remiffion  of  fins — 
and  I  look  for  the  relurreclion  of  the  dead,  and  the 
life  of  the  world  to  come.    Amen . 

The  creed  of  faint   Athanajius,  bijhop  of  Alexandria, 

avritten  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  333. 
i  VJTHOEVER  will  be  faved,  before  all  things 
VV  it  is  neceffary  that  hs  hold  the  Catholic 
faith. — 2.  Which  faith  except  every  one  do  keep 
whole  and  undefiled,  without  doubt  he  fliall  perifn 
everlaftingly. — 3.  The  Catholic  faith  is  this,  that 
we  worfhip  one  God  in  Trinity,  and  Trinity  in  tr- 
inity.— 4.  "Neither  confounding  the  perfons,  nor  di- 
viding the  fubftance. — 5.  For  there  is  one  Peribn 
of  the  Father,  another  of  the  Son,  and  another  of 
the  Holy  Ghoft.— 6.  But  the  godhead  of  the  Fa- 
ther, of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghoft  is  ail  one  •, 


Si6 


The  Creed. 


the  glory  equal,  the  majefty  co-eternal. — 7.  Such 
as  the  Father  is,  fuch  u  the  Son,  and  fuch  is  the  Ho- 
ly Ghoft. — 8.  The  Father  uncreated,  the  Son  un- 
created, and  the  Holy  Ghoft  uncreated. — 9.  The 
Father  incomprehenfible,  the  Son  incomprehenfi- 
ble, and  the  Holy  Ghoft  incomprehenfible. — 10. 
The  Father  eternal,  the  Son  eternal,  and  the  Holy 
Ghoft  eternal. — n.  And  yet  they  are  not  three  e- 
ternals — but  one  eternal. — 12.  As  alfo  there  are 
not  three  incompieheniibles,  nor  three  uncreated, 
but  one  uncreated,  and  one  incomprehenfible. — 
13.  So  likewife,  the  Father  is  almighty,  the  Son  a!- 
.mighty,  and  the  Holy  Ghoft  siloiighty. — 14.  And 
yet  they  are  not  three  almighties,  but  one  almigh- 
ty.— 15.  So  the  Father  is  God,  the  Son  is  God,  and 
the  Holy  Ghoft  is  God.— 16.  And  yet  there  are 
not  three  Gods,  but  one  God. — 17.  So  likewile  the 
Father  is  Lord,  the  Son  Lord,  and  the  Holy  Ghoft 
Lord. — 18.  And  yet  not  three  Lords — but  one 
Lord. — 19.  For  like  as  we  are  compelled  by  the 
Chriftian  truth,  to  acknowledge  every  Perfon  by 
himfelf  to  be  God  and  Lord. — 20.  So  are  we  for- 
bidden by  the  Catholic  faith,  to  fay,  there  be  three 
Gods  or  three  Lords — 21.  The  Father  is  made  of 
none,  neither  created  nor  begotten. — 2:.  The  Son 
is  of  the  Father  alone,  not  made,  nor  created,  but 
begotten. — 23.  The  Holy  Ghofc  is  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Son,  neither  made,  nor  created,  nor  be- 
gotten, but  proceeding. — 24.  So  there  is  one  Fa- 
ther, not  three  Fathers  ;  one  Son,  not  three  Sons  ; 
one  Holy  Ghoft,  not  three  Holy  Ghotts. —  25.  And 
in  this  Trinity,  there  is  not  Firft  or  Laft,  not  great- 
er nor  lefs. — 26.  But  the  whole  three  Perfon  s  are 
co-eternal  together,  and  co-equal. — 27.  So  that  in 
all  things,  as  is  afcrefaid,  the  Unity  in  Trinity,  and 
Trinity  in  Unity  is  to  be  worfliipped. — 28.  He 
therefore  that  will  be  faved,  mult  thus  think  of  the 
Trinity. — 29.  Furthermore  it  h  crceiTary  to  ever* 


The  Creed.  517 

lading  falvation,  that  he  alfo  believe  rightly  the  in- 
carnation of  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift. — 30.  For  the 
right  faith  is,  that  we  believe  and  confefs,  that  our 
Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  the  Son  of  God,  is  God  and 
man.' — 31.  God  of  the  fubftance  of  the  Father,  be- 
gotten before  the  world  ;  and  man  of  the  fubftance 
of  his  mother, born  in  time. — 32.  Perfect  God, and 
perfect  man,  having  a  reafonable  foul  and  a  human 
body. — 23-  Equal  to  the  Father  according  to  his 
godhead  :  and  inferior  to  the  Father  as  to  his  man- 
hood.— 34.  Who  altho'  he  be  God  and  man,  yet 
be  is  not  two  but  one  Chrift. — 35.  One,  not  by- 
conversion of  the  godhead  into  fiefh,  but  by  tak- 
ing of  the  manhood  into  God. — 36.  He  is  not  one 
by  mixture  of  fubftance,  but  by  unity  of  perfon. — 
37.  For  as  the  reafonable  foul  and  Mem  is  one  man  ; 
fo  God  and  man  is  one  Chrift. — 38.  Who  fuffered 
for  our  falvation,  defcended  into  hell,  rofe  again 
the  third  day  from  the  dead. — 39.  He  afcended  in- 
to heaven,  fits  at  the  right  hand  of  God  the  Fa- 
ther almighty. — 40.  From  whence  he  fhall  come 
to  judge  the  quick  and  the  dead. — 41.  At  whofe 
coming,  all  men  fhall  rife  again  with  their  bodies. 
— 42.  And  fhall  give  account  for  their  own  work?. 
— 43.  And  they  that  have  done  good,  fhall  go  into 
life  everlafting  ;  and  they  that  have  done  evil,  into 
everlafting  fire.' — 44.  This  is  the  Catholic  faith, 
which  except  a  man  believe  faithfully,  he  cannot 
be  faved. 

FJD    OF    THE    LITURGY. 


51 8  Table  of  Contents. 

A    TABLE   to  find  out  any  Pfalm,  or  Part  of  a 
Pfalm,  by  the firfil  Line. 

A  Page. 

A  LMIGHTY  God  appear  and  five  !9 

Approach  ye  piouily  difpos'd  75 

Again  it  all  thofe  rhat  Itrive  with  me  56 

Amidll  thy  wrath  remember  love  66 

As  pants  the  hart  for  cooling  ftreams  73 

At  length  by  certain  proofs  'tis  plain  122 

Among  the  afsemblies  of  the  great  144 

A  fruitful  land,  where  ftreams  abound  192 

According  to  thy  promis'd  grace  214 

Arife,  O  King  of  grace,  arife  239 
Along  the  banks  where  Babel's  current  flows        246 

Around  the  yawning  graves  our  bonas  252 

B 

Behold  the  lofty  sky  31 

Behold  the  morning  fun  32 

Bleft  is  the  man,  for  ever  bleft  51 

Blefl:  is  the  nation,  where  the  Lord  53 

Behold  us,  Lord,  and  let  our  cry  91 

But  (till  they  tempted,  ftill  provok'd  136" 

But  let  fuch  vengeance  come  to  them  145 

Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne  172 

Blefs  God,  my  foul :  thou  Lord  alone  178 

But  ftiil  the  vaft  uniathom'd  main  181 

Behold  the  fure  foundation  ftone  206 

Be  gracious  to  thy  fervant,  Lord  210 

Blefs'd  Sion  does,  in  God's  efteem  249 

Blefs  God,  ye  fervants  that  attend  241 

C 

Cenfider  my  affli&ion,  Lord  227 

D 

David  rejoic'd  in  God  his  ftrength  3? 

Deceitful  thoughts  and  practices  222 

E 

Earlv,  my  God,  without  delay  104 

F 

Firm  was  ray  health,  my  day  was  bright  47 

From  shame  and  infult  fet  me  free  48 

Falfs  vitnefscs,  with  forg'd  complaints  y8 


Table  of  Contents.  519 

Far  as  thy  name  is  known  81 

From  foes,  chat  round  us  rife  07 

For  benerits,  each  day  beftow'd  113 

Father,  I  ling  thy  wond'rous  grace  ud 

From  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies  204 

For  ever  and  for  ever,  Lord  219 

Firm  and  unmov'd  are  they  233 

From  my  youth  up,  may  Ifr'el  fay  236 

From  lo  weft  depths  of  woe  237 

For  ever  bleft  be  God  the  Lord  254 

G 
God  of  my  life,  look  gently  down 
God  is  our  refuge  in  aiftrefs 
Great  is  the  Lord  our  God 
Great  God,  indulge  my  humble  claim 
Great  God,  attend  to  my  complaint 
God  of  my  childhood  and  ray  youth 
Great  God  attend  while  Sion  lings 
God  in  his  earthly  temple  lays. 
God  of  eternal  love 
Godot  my  mercy  and  my  praife 
God  is  the  Lord,  through  whom  we  all 
Great  is  the  Lord,  exahed  high 
Give  thanks  to  God  moit  high 

H 

How  bleft  is  he  who  ne'er  confents 

How  long  shall  I  repine 

How  faft  their  guilt  and  forrows  rife 

He's  bkfs'd  whole  tender  care 

His  chariots  numbertefs  ;  his  powers 

His  providence  for  needy  fouls 

How  awful  is  thy  chaft'ning  rod 

Hear,  O  my  people,  to  my  law 

Hold  not  thy  peace,  O  Lord  our  God 

How  pleafant,  how  divinely  fair 

He  thar  hath  made  his  refuge  God 

He  reigns  ;  the  Lord  the  Saviour  reigns 

Hear  me,  O  God,  nor  hide  thy  face 

How  blefs'd  are  they  who  always  keep 

How  shall  the  young  lecure  their  hearts 

How  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  hear 


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Had  not  the  Lord  (may  Ifr'el  fay)  233 

How  vaft  run  ft  their  advantage  be  240 

Happy  the  city,  where  their  fons  256 

I 

In  thee,  great  God,  with  fongs  of  praife  34 

I  lift  my  foul  to  God  41 

I  will  extol  thee,  Lord,  on  high  47 

In  wait  the  watchful  (inner  lies  <5f 

I     waited  pat   itrt  tcr  the  Lord  60. 

In  hafte,  O  God,  attend  my  cail  116 

In  Judah  the  Almighty's  known  128 

It  is  the  Lord  our  Saviour's  hand  ljS 

I  'ove  the  Lord  ;  he  heard  my  cries  203 

Inftruft  me  in  thy  ftatutes,  Lord  212 

Is  there  ambition  in  rav  heart  238 

In  foleran  ftate,  O  God  defcend  2jy 

Judge  me,  O  Lord,  and  prove  my  wavs  43 

Juft  Judge  of  heaven,  againft  my  foes  75" 

Judges,  who  rule  the  world  by  laws  96 

Jehovah  reigns,  let  all  171 

Judgment  and  juftice  I  have  done  223 

L 

Lord,  in  the  morning  thou  shalt  hear  11 

Lord  I  am  thine,  but  thou  wilt  prove  2y 

Lord,  we  have  heard  thy  works  of  old  7? 

Lord,  I  am  vile,  conceiv'd  in  lm  87 

Let  firmer*  take  their  courfe  93 

Lord  thou  haft  fcourg'd  our  guilty  land  99 

Let  God,  the  God  of  battle  rife  110 

Lord  let  thy  juft  decrees  the  king  1 19 

Lord,  thou  haftcall'd  thy  grace  to  mind  148 

Lord,  if  thine  eyes  furvey  our  faults  159 

Lord,  'tis  a  pleafant  thing  to  stand  163 

Let  Sion  and  her  fons  rejoice  177 

Lord,  thou  hast  heard  thy  fervant  cry  206 

Let  David,  Lord,  a  constant  place  23S 

Let  every  tongue  thy  goodnefs  fpeak  25-8 

L^t  Zion  praife  the  mighty  God  260 

Loud  hallelujahs  to  the  Lord  261 


Table  of  Contents.  521 

M 

My  God,  how  many  are  ray  fears  9 

My  trust  is  in  my  heavenly  Friend  13 

Mistaken  foes  your  ill  delign  16 

My  God,  ray  God,  why  leav'st  thou  me  3? 

My  agonies  the  gazing  crowd  36 

My  joints  are  rack'd  and  out  of  frame  37 

Mine  eyes  and  my  dehre  42 

My  heart  rejoices  in  thy  name  50 

My  fins  exceed  in  their  amount  71 

My  God  in  whom  are  all  the  fprings  95 

My  foul  of  thy  protection  fure  roi 

My  foul  for  help  on  God  relies  10 1 

3Vfy  fpirit  looks  to  God  alone  102 

My  God,  permit  my  tongue  104 

My  God,  my  everlafting  hope  117 

My  Saviour,  my  almighty  friend  118 

Mercy  and  judgment  are  my  fong  172 

My  foul  infpir'd  with  facred  love     t  176 

My  foul  lies  cleaving  to  the  dull  211 

My  foul,  with  long  expectance,  faints  2i3 

My  God,  accept  my  early  vows  251 

My  righteous  Judge,  my  gracious  God  25? 

My  God,  my  King,  thy  various  praife  25"$ 

N 

No  change  of  times  (hall  ever  fhoclc  26 

Now  may  the  God  of  power  and  grace  35 

Now  be  my  heart  infpir'd  to  fing  77 

Now  (hall  mv  iblemn  vows  be  paid  109 

Not  to  ourfelves,  who  are  but  dud  202 

O 

O  God  of  grace  and  rigliteoufnefs  10 

O  Lord,  our  heavenly  King  14 

Oh  join  your  hearts  in  one  accord  16 

O  !  all  ye  faints,  the  Lord  51 

O  Lord,  thy  mercy,  my  fure  hope  61 

Oh  !   for  a  fhout  of  facred  joy  80 

O  thou  that  hear'fl  when  finners  cry  88 


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O  God,  my  refuge,  hear  my  cries  92 

O  thou  whofe  juilice  reigns  on  high  94 

O  Gcd,  who  haft  our  troops  difpers'd  9* 

O  Ifr'el  Shepherd,  Jofeph's  Guide  139 

Our  God,  our  help  in  ages  pait  1  57 

O  God,  to  whom  revenge  belongs  164 

O  come,  loud  anthems  let  us  fing  166 

O  render  thanks,  and  blefs  the  Lord  iSz 

O  render  thanks  to  God  above  1S6 

O  God,  rnv  heart  is  fully  bent  193 

O  God  whofe  former  mercies  make  194 

O  Ifr'el,  make  the  Lord  your  trull  2-2 

O  praife  the  Lord  for  he  is  good  2:5 

O  thou  whofe  grace  and  juitice  reign  232 

O  praife  ye  the  Lord  263 

.    P 

Preferve  me,  Lord,  in  time  of  need  23 

Praife  waits  in  Sion,  Lord,  for  thee  105 

Praife  ye  the  Lord  :  Our  God  to  praife  198 

Praife  the  Lord  with  one  confent  241 

Preferve  me,  Lord,  from  crafty  foes  250 

Praife  ye  the  Lord  ;  my  heart  lhall  join  259 

Praife  ye  the  Lord  ;  'tis  good  to  rails  259 

Praife  ye  the  Lord,  all  nature  join  264 

R 

Rejoice  ye  righteous,  in  the  Lord  52 

Remorfelefs  wretches,  void  of  fenfe  190 

S 

Since  I  have  plac'd  my  truft  in  God  19 

Sure  wicked  fools  muft  needs  fuppofe  21 

Soon  as  I  heard  my  f.ther  fey  45 

So  I  before  the  lift  ning  world  59 

Shew  pity  Lord,  O  Lord,  forgive  Z6 

Sing  all  ye  nations  to  the  Lord  icS 

Save  me,  O  God,  from  waves  that  roll  1 14 

Sure  there's  a  righteous  God  125 

Salvation  is  for  ever  nigh  148 

Sweet  is  the  work,  my  God,  my  King  162 


Table  of  Contents.  523 

Sing  to  the  Lord,  a  new  made  fong  1C7 

Some  fit,  with  darknefs  compafs'd  round  189 

Stoeet  is  the  mem'ry  of  thy  grace  257 

T 

Thy  dreadful  anger,  Lord,  refrain  12 

To  celebrate  thy  name,  O  Lord  15 

To  my  juft  plea,  and  fad  complaint  25 

The  Lord  did  on  my  fide  engage  2  3 

Thoufuit'ft,   O  Lord,  thy  righteous  rule  28 

'Tis  God  that  girds  my  armour  on  29 

The  people  eft  at  itrife  till  now  50 

Thus  in  thy  courts,  thy  name  111  blefs  38 

The  Lord  himfelf  doth  condefcend  39 

This  fpacious  earth  is  all  the  Lord's  40 

To  thee,  O  Lord,  I  raife  my  cries  45 

To  thee,  O  God  of  truth  and  love  49 

Through  all  the  changing  fcenes  of  life  54 

Thus  I-refolve  before  the  Lord  67 

Teach  me  the  meafure  of  my  days  68 

The  wonders,  Lord,  thy  love  has  wrought  70 

The  King  of  faints  how  fair  his  face  77 

The  Lord  of  hofts  conducts  our  arms  79 

Thou  God  of  love,  thou  ever  bleft  230 

The  Lord,  the  Judge,  before  his  throne  84 

Thus  faith  the  Lord,  "  the  fpacious  fields  8y 

The  Lord,  the  fudge  his  churches  warns  86 

The  wicked  fools  muft  lure  oppofe  90 

Thy  mercy,  Lord,  to  me  extend.  9? 

The  God  of  our  falVation  hears  Ic6 

To  biefs  thy  chofen  race  109 

To  fathom  this  my  thoughts  I  bent  I23 

To  thee,  moil  high  and  holy  God  1 27 

To  God  I  cry'd  with  mournful  voice  1 29 

The  heathen  hofts,  O  God  138 

Thou  brought' it  a  vine  from  Egypt's  land  140 

To  thee,  O  God  of  hofts,  we  pray  141 

To  God,  our  never-failing  ftrength.  141 

To  my  complaint,  O  Lord,  my  God  149 

Teach  me,  O  Lord,  thy  fatred  way  lf& 


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To  thee,  my  God,  and  Saviour,  I 

Thy  mercies,  Lord,  shall  be  my  fong 

Thus  fpak'ft  thou  by  the  prophet's  voice 

The  Lord  is  come;  the  heav'ns  proclaim 

Th'   Almighty  reigns  exalted  high 

To  our  almighty  Maker,   God 

The  cryftial  fcreams  from  mountains  drawn 

The  trees  of  God,  without  the  care 

To  Egypt  then,  invited  guefts 

To  God,   the  great,  the  ever  bleft       - 

To  God  your  grateful  voices  raife 

They  that  in  ships,  with  courage  bold 

The  Lord,  th'  eternal  Father  (pake 

That  man  is  blefs'd  who  ftands  in  awe 

The  Lord  appears  my  helper  now 

This  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made 

Thy  con  franc  billing,  Lord,  beftow 

Thou  art  my  portion,  O  my  God 

To  me,    who  am  the  workmanship 

The  love  that  to  thy  laws  I  bear 

Thy  word  is  to  my  feet  a  lamp 

The  wonders  which  thy  laws  contain 

Thou  arc  the  righteous  Judge,  in  whom 

Tho'  mighty  tyrants  without  caufe 

To  my  requefr  and  earneft  cry 

To  Sion's  hill  I  lift  my  eyes 

The  man  is  blefs'd  who  fears  the  Lord 

The  Lord  is  good  ;  and  works  unknown 

The  God  of  heav'n  maintains  his  ftare 

Thou,  Lord,  by  ftrideft  fearch  haft  known 

To  God,  with  mournful  voice 

W 
With  refclefs  and  ungovern'd  rage 
Why  doth  the  Lord  depart  fo  far 
Who  shall  afcend  thy  heav'nly  place 
When  God  is  nigh,  my  faith  is  ftrong 
When  God  arofe  my  part  to  take 
Where  shall  the  man  be  found 
Whom  should  I  fear,  (ince  God  to  me 
While  I  keep  fiience  and  conceal 
Whare'er  the  mighty  Lord  decrees 
When  man  grows  bold  in  lin 


Table  of  Contents.  525 

Why  should  I  vex  my  foul  and  fret  62 

While  finful  crouds  with  falfe  de,;gn  6^ 

Whiift  Tinners  brought  to  fad  decay  64 

Why  doth  the  roan  of  riches  grow  82 

Why  should  the  haughty  hero  boafc  89 

While  unbelievers  make  their  boaft  90 

When  overwhelmed  with  grief  ico 

When  God  his  gracious  word  fent  forth  1 1 1 

We  blefs  the  Lord,  the  juft,  the  good  113 

Will  God  forever  caft  us  off  i2f 

Whiift  I  my  foiemn  will  declare  143 

Wich  glory  clad,  with  ftrength  array'd  164 

Who  will  arife  and  plead  my  right  i6j 

When  Ifr'el  freed  from  Pharoah's  hand  201 

What  shall  I  render  to  my  God  204 

With  me  thy  f^rvant  thou  haft  dealt  216" 

With  my  whole  heart  to  God  I  cali'd  2z6 

When  God  reveal'd  his  gracious  name  2*4 

We  build  with  fruitiefs  toil  and  coit  23^ 

With  my  whole  heart,  my  God  and  King  247 

Y 

Ye  princes,  that  in  might  excel  46 

Ye  fons  of  pride,  that  hate  the  juft  S3 

Yet  ftill  they  iinn'd  nor  would  afford  1^4 

Ye  fons  of  men,  a  feeble  race  161 

Ye  fervants  of  th'  almighty  King  200 

Ye  kings  and  judges  fear  262 


TABLE  to  find  any  Hymn,  or  Part  of  a  Hytrin,  by 
the  firfl  Line. 

A  Page. 

K  LMIGHTY  God,  we  praife  and  own  27 J 

*"   And  did  the  holy  and  the  juft  286 

Amazing  grace  !  how  fweet  the  found  293 

Among  the  princes,  earthly  gods  315- 

Afcend  thy  thrcns,  almighty  King  3)6" 

As  when  the  weary  trav'ller  gains  323 

At  thy  command,  our  deare'f  Lord  334 

Awake,  awake  the  1  acred  forg  339 

Awhile  reraaiiVd  die  doubtful  flrife-  3<i? 


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B 

Backfliders,  who  your  mis'ry  feci  2S1 

Bieft.  be  the  tie  that  binds  201 

Bleft  Jefus,  fouree  of  ev'ry  grace  zoz 

Blefs,  O  Lord,  the  op'ning  year  338 

Blefs 'd  God,  that  once  in  fiery  tongues  342 

C 
Come  let  us  fearch  our  ways  and  try  309 

Chrift,  the  Lord,  is  ris'n  to  day  340 

D 
Deft  ruction's  dangerou?  road  271 

Doft  thou  my  profit  feek  346 

Difmifs  us  with  thy  biding,  Lord  349 

E 
Eternal  King  !  the  greateft,  beft 
Enflrvv'd  in  im  and  bound  in  chains 
Eternal  Spirit  !  we  confefs 
Eternal  God  !  Almighty  caufe 
Eternal  Sov'reign  or  the  sky 
Eternal  King,  enthron'd' above 
Eternal  fource  of  every  joy 

F 
Faith  !  'tis  a  precious  grace 
"Father  of  all  !    eternal  mind 
Frequent  the  day  of  God  return? 

G 
God  moves  in  a  myfterious  way 
God  with  us  !   O  glorious  name 
Great  Source  of  order,  Maker  wife 
Great  God  thy  holy  law  commands 
Grace  has  enabled  me  to  love 
Glory  to  God  on  high 
God  of  onr  lives,  thy  conftant  care 
Great  Ruler  of  the  earth  and  skies 

H 
Hear  the  rerms  that  never  vary 
Honor  and  happinefs  unite 
Hark  the  glad  found  !  the  S.iviour's  corae 
How  fweetand  awful  is  the  pi  ice 
How  can  I  ink  with  fuch  a  prop 


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I 

Holy  and  reverend  is  the  name  ?oy 

Here  Lord,  mv  foul  convicted  (rands  311 

Hon  condefcendirag  and  how  kind  328 

How  rich  arc  thy  provi lions  Lord  333 

H  .rk  !  the  herald  angels  ling  33c* 

In  God  the  Father  I  believe  272 

I'm  not  asham'd  to  own  my  Lord  279 

Immortal  God,  on  thee  we  call  283: 

It  is  the  Lord-— enthron'd  in  light  317 

In  thee,  O  God,  we  put  our  truft  353 

Jefus,  the  Taring  of  joys  divine  279 

Jefus,  the  Lord,  our  fouls  adore  289 

Jefus  invites  his  faints  298 

Jftfus,  in  thee  our  eyes  behold  299 

Jefus  is  gone  above  the  skies  327 

Jefus,  once  for  linners  {lain  332 

L 

Lord  thy  imputed  righteoufnefs  294 

Let  thofe  who  bear  the  Chriftian  name  305" 

Lord,  at  thy  feet  we  Tinners  lie  319 

Let  me  my  Saviour  and  my  God  321 

Let  me  v.  ith  light  and  truth  be  blefsM  327 

Let  us  adore  the  eternal  word  329 

Lord,  how  divine  thy  comforts  are  329 

Lord,  I  am  thine,  entirely  thine  330 

Lord,  at  thy  table  I  behold  335- 

Lord,    I  am  pain'd  but  I  relign  34.6 

Lord,  thou  wilt  hear  me  when  I  pray  348 

Lord,  let  thy  fervant  now  depart  3  j  r 

Lo  !  on  a  narrow  neck  of  land  35:2 

M 

Mv  fongs  shall  blefs  the  Lord  of  all  270 

Median's  come — with  joy  behold  270 

My  Saviour  God,  my  fov'reign  prince  29$' 

N 

Now  to  the  Lord,  that  made  us  know  280 

No  more,  my  God,  I  boafr  no  more  2.^5" 

Not  the  malicious  or  profane  ^02 

Now  be  the  God  of.  Ifracl  bleiVd  *3yo 


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Table  of  Contents. 


o 

Our  nat'ral  and  our  fed'ral  head  266 

O  Chrift,  thou  glorious  King,  we  own  28 1 

O  Lord,  when  faith  with  fixed  eyes  284 

Our  Lord  is  riien  from  the  dead  288 

Our  grateful  tongues  immortal  King  322 

Once  more,  my  foul,  the  riling  d;iy  347 

Our  fouls  shall  magnify  the  Lord  351 

P 

Tray'r  is  appointed  to  convey  313 

Tity  a  helplefs  Lnner  Lord  331 

R 

Return,  my  foul,  enjoy  thv  reft  306 

Religion  is  the  chief  concera  310 

Rejoice  believer  in  the  Lord  321 

Rejoice,  the  Lord  is  King  341 

S 

Subftantial  comfort  will  not  grow  26'f 

Stretch'd  on  the  crofs  the  Saviour  dies  "84 

Supreme  in  mercy  who  shall  dare  292 

So  let  our  lips  and  lives  exprefs  302 

Shall  we  go  on  to  !;n  303 

Sov'reign  of  all  the  worlds  on  high  3 1  y 

Shout  and  proclaim  the  Saviour's  love  337 

T 

To  comprehend  the  Three  in  One  27? 

Tho'  troubles  afsail  us  277 

The  virgin's  promii'd  Son  is  born  282 

'Tis  Hnish'd  the  Redeemer  cries  287 

"Twas  the  commifDon  of  our  Lord  296 

Thus  faith  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  297 

"Twas  on  that  dark,  that  doleful  night  298 

Thou  art,  O  God  !  a  fpiric  pure  304 

Tho'  Lord  our  hands  have  not  been  ffain'd  307 

Thou  reign'ft,  O  Lord,  thy  throne  is  high  316 

Thro*  all  the  various  shifting  fcenes  318 

Thus  far  my  God  hath  led  me  on  319 

"Beach  us,  O  Lord,  aright  to  plead  320 

The  King  of  heav'n  his  table  fpreads  324 

The  King  of  heav'n  a  feaft  has  made  %zf 

The  broken  bread,  the  blcfscd,  cup  j-q" 


Table  of  Contents.  529 

*IVas  his  own  love  that  made  him  bleed  330 

Thebleft  memorials  of  thy  grief  330 

That  doleful  night  before  his  death  332 

To  thee  who  reign'ft  fupreme  above  344 

To  diftant  lands  thy  gofpel  fend  3JO 

V 

Vain  are  the  hopes  the  fons  of  men  266 

W 

We  blefs  the  prophet  of  the  Lord  280 

While  on  the  verge  of  life  I  ftand  285: 

We  are  a  garden   wall'd  around  29c* 

With  wh  it  delight  I  raife  my  eyes  301 

We  oivn,  O  Lord,  rhy  precept  just  30^ 

Whate'er  thy  lot  on  earth  may  be  310 

Where  is  my  God  ?  does  he  recire  31* 

When  the  bleft  day  of  Pentecoft  34E 

While  o'er  our  guilty  land,  O  Lord  343 

Welcome  fweet  day  of  reft  34S 

We  ling  the  glories  of  thy  love  3JO> 

Y 

Ye  wretched  hungry,  ftarving,  poor  24 


Table  of  Contents  of  the  Catechifm, 

Compendium,  Confejfion  of  Faith  and  Liturgy, 

J-  HECatechifm                     -               -  357 

The  Compendium  of  the  Chrijlian  Religion  2>97 

The  Confejfion  of  Faith              -              -  410 

A  Prayer  on  the  Lord's  day  before  Sermon  440 

A  Prayer  on  the  Lord" s  day  after  Sermon  441 
A  Prayer  before  the  explanation  of  the  Catechifm  44^ 

A  Prayer  after  the  explanation  447 

A  Prayer  before  Sermon  in  the  week  ib. 

A  Prayer  after  it              ~                   -  448 

Morning  Prayer  •                     -              -.  449 

Evening  Prayer                  -                  *  450 

A  Prayer  at  opening  the  Confiflory  ik* 

E  e 


530         Table  of  Contents. 

A  Prayer  at  the  clofe  of  it  -  452 

A  Prayer  at  the  meeting  of  Beacons  452 

Grace  before  Ale  at  -  -  453 

after  Meat.  -  -  454 

A  Prayer  for  fick  and  tempted  Perfons  455 

'     ■        —  another  -  -  455 

Form  of  In  fa  fit  Baptifm  -  457 

Form  of  Baptifm  of  adult  Perfons  461 

Form  of  admimf  ration  of  the  Lord's  Supper  463 

Form  of  Excommunication  -  47  % 

Form  of  re- admitting  excommunicated  Perfons  475 

Ordinations  of  the  Ivliniflers  of  God's  <word  479 

Ordination  of  Elders  and  Beacons  4S6 

Form  of  confirmation  of  Marriage  492 

The  confolation  of  the  Sick  408 

The  Nicene  Creed  -  *  515 

The  Athufiafian  Creed         -  -  ik. 


FINIS. 


Charles  R.  &  Geo,  Webfter, 

At  their  Bookilore,  Printing-Office, 
and  Bindery,  in  the  White  Houfe, 
corner  of  State  &  Pearl-Streets,  Al- 
bany, Have  a  large  Aiiortment  of 

Books,    Stationary,    Blanks, 

l£c.  13c.  l$c. — Among  which  are- — 

GORDON'S  Hiilory  of  the  Ame- 
rican Revolution  ; 

Winterbottom's  Hiilory  of  America ; 

Lendrum's  Do.  for  Schools  ; 

Morfe's  Univerfal  Geography  ; 

An  impartial  Hiilory  of  the  French 
Revolution,  by  the  London  Criti- 
cal Reviewers,  to  which  is  added, 
the  trial  of  Louis  XVL 

Williams'  Hiilory  of  Vermont ; 

Hutchinfon's  Hilt,  of  Maffachufetts  ; 

Belknap's  Hiilory  of  N.  Hampfhire ; 

Smith's  Hiilory  of  New- York  ; 

Hiilory  of  Kentucky  ; 

Rollin's  ancient  Hiilory  ; 

Hume's  Hiilory  of  England  ; 

Jofephus's  Hiilory  of  the  Jews  ; 

De  Lome's  Hiilory  of  the  Conilitu- 
tion  of  England  \ 

Coxe's  View  of  the  United  Statesj 

Moore's  Journal  in  France  -9 


Gen.  Wafhington's  official  Letters  to 
Congrefs,  written  during  the  war; 

Memoirs  of  the  Life  of  Gen.  Lee  ; 

The  life,  adventures  and  fufierings 
of  F/aron  Trenck  ; 

H'  *  Jcy  of  Lord  McCartney's  embaf- 
iy  to  China  ; 

Plowden's  Hiftory  of  the  Britilh  em- 
pire, fince  the  commencement  of 
the  prefent  war; 

Roberibn's  Hiftory  of  India  ; 

Guthrie's  new  Syftem  of  modern  Ge- 
ography, with  45  elegant  maps  ; 

Dumourier's  Memoirs ; 

Peter  Pindar's  Works  ; 

The  Mirror,  by  Dr.  Anderfon ; 

Life  of  Howard  ; 

Conftituticn  of  the  dilTerent  States  in 
the  Union,  to  which  is  added,  the 
Federal  Conftitution  ; 

Junius'  Letters  on  the  Englifli  gov- 
ernment ;    Vifion  of  Columbus ; 

Hiilory  of  Guftavus  Vafia,  an  Afri- 
can, written  by  himfeif ; 

Gazetteer  of  France  ; 

Carver's  Travels  ; 

Beauties  and  Flowers  of  Hiftory  ; 

A  handfome  afibrtment  of  Medical 
Books  ; 


Cook's  Voyages  complete,  in  5  vol. 

Do.  abridged ; 

Paine's  Political  Writings  ; 

The  Ruins,  or  a  furvey  of  the  revo- 
lutions of  empires,  by  M.  Volney  ; 

Conductor  Generalis,  or  office  and 
duty  of  Juftices  of  the  Peace  ; 

Watfon's  Law  of  Partnerfhip.  There 
are  few  branches  of  the  law  of  our 
country  more  important  to  mer- 
chants and  traders,  than  that  part 
of  the  commercial  law,  which  paf- 
fes  under  the  denominaton  of  The 
Law  of  Partnerfhip.    • 

Laws  of  the  United  States  ; 

An  aiTortment  of  Law  Books ; 

The  Young  Clerk's  Magazine  ; 

Beattie's  Elements  of  Moral  Science  ; 

Dilworth's  School-mailer's  Aflillant, 
Book-keeping  and  Spelling-book; 

Burton's  Lectures  on  Female  Edu- 
cation ; 

Bennet's  Letters  to  a  young  Lady  ; 

Bingham's  American  Preceptor  ; 

Chapone's  Letters  on  the  Improve* 
ment  of  the  Mind  ; 

Entick's  Dictionary  ; 

Perry's  pronouncing  Dictionary; 
E  e  2 


Hamilton  Moore's  young  gentleman 
and  ladies  Monitor  ; 

Art  of  Speaking;  Elegant  Extracts; 

Models  of  Letters  for  fchools  ; 

Young  MilTes'  Magazine,  containing, 
dialogues  between  a  governefs  and 
her  fcholars,  tranilated  from  the 
French  of  Beaumont  ; 

Love's  Art  of  Surveying  ; 

Pike's  Arithmetic,  Do.  abridg'd  ; 

Shakefpeare's,  Pope's,  Young's  and 
Newton's  Works  ; 

Quarto,  octavo,  fchool  and  Pocket 
Bibles  ; 

Large  and  fmall  Prayer  Books,  ele- 
gant and  plain  ; 

Newton  on  the  Prophecies  ; 

Concordance  of  the  holy  Bible  ; 

Natural  Hiltory  of  the  Bible  ; 

Edwards'  Hiftory  of  Redemption  ; 

Edwards  on  religious  Affections  ; 

Hervey's  Meditations  ; 

Davies'  Sermons,  on  important  fub- 
jecls,  (a  new  edition,  a  vol.  32s.) 

White's,  Blair's,  Linn's,  Price's,  But- 
ler's and  Whitefield's  Sermons  ; 

For  dice's  Sermons  to  young  Women 
and  Addreifes  to  young  Men  • 

Waits  on  the  £lory  of  Chrift  j 


Baxter's  Saints'  everlafting  Reft,  and 

Call  to  the  Unconverted  ; 
Willifon  on  the  Sacraments  ; 
Soame  Jenyn's  View  of  the  Evidence 

of  the  Chriitian  Religion  ; 
Dickenfon's  Four  Points  ; 
Poor  Man's  Help  and  young  Man's 

Guide  ; 
Looking  Glafs  of  the  Mind  ; 
Keate's  Sketches  ; 
Doddridge's    Rife   and    Progrefs    of 

Religion  in  the  Soul  \ 
Dickenfon's  Letters  ; 
Dodd's  Thoughts  in  Prifon,  and  on 

Death  ; 
Dialogues  between    the   Pulpit   and 

reading  Defk  ; 
Jenks'  Devotions  ; 
Lowth's  New  Tranflation  of  the  Pro- 
phecies of  Iiaiah,  with  Notes  ; 
Fleecher's  pollhumous  Works  ; 
McEwen  on  the  Types,   Figures  and 

Allegories  of  the  Old  Teflament ; 
Meiliah,  a  Poem,  attempted  from  the 

German  of  PClopilock  ; 
Maton's  Student  and  Pallor,  and  fe4f 

Knowledge ; 
Owen  on  the  Communion  with  God ; 
Young's  Night  Thoughts  5 


Pettitpierre's  Thoughts   on   Divine 

Goodnefs  ; 
Paley's    View  of  the    Evidence  of 

Chriftianity  ; 
Tike  &?  Hay  ward's  religious  Cafes  in 

Confcience  anfwered  in  an  evange- 
lic manner  ; 
Reily  on  the  Union  of  Chrift  and  his 

Church  ; 
Brown's  Oracles  of  God  ; 
Religious  Courtfhip  ; 
Kowe's  Letters  from  the  Dead  to  the 

Living,  and  devout  Exercifes  ; 
Tokens  for  Mourners  ; 
Life  of  Jofeph  ; 
Calvinifm  and  Univerfalifm  contraf- 

ted  by  Dr.  Young,  of  N.  York ; 
Death  of  Abel  and  Cain  ; 
Winchefter  on  univerfal  Reftoration ; 
Adam's  View  of  all  Religions  ; 
Bunyan's  Works  ; 
The  Signs  of  the  Times  ; 
Prophetic  Conjectures  of  the  French 

Revolution  ; 
The  remarkable  Prophecies  of  Rich* 

ard  Brothers  ; 
Erikine's  Gofpel  Sonnets  ; 
Seraphical  young  Shepherd ; 
The  Catechifm  of  Man  5 


Mentor,  or  the  American  Teacher's 
Afliftant  ; 

Morfe's  Elements  of  Geography  ; 

An  affortment  of  Singing  Books  ; 

Moore's  Zeluco  ; 

Dialogues  for  Young  Ladies  ; 

Progrefs  of  Dulnefs,  by  the  celebra- 
ted author  of  Mc  Fingal ; 

Aphorifms  of  Man,  by  J.  C.  Lavater ; 

Barbauld's  Leilons  for  Children  ; 

Boyle's  Voyages  and  Adventures ; 

Booth's  Reign  of  Grace  ; 

Life  of  Col.  Gardiner  ; 

Father's  Legacy  to  his  Daughters  ; 

Margarot,  Rowan  and  Muir's  Trials ; 

Fool  of  Quality,  or  Hiftory  of  Henry 
Earl  of  Moreland  ; 

Ghofl  Seer,  or  Apparitioneft  ; 

Fielding's  Tom  Jones,  3  vol. 

Democrat,  or  Hiftory  of  Jean  la  Noir ; 

Mrs.  Inchb aid's  Simple  Story  ; 

Mentoria,  or  Young  Lady's  Friend  ; 

A  handfome  alFortment   of  Claffical 
Books  for  Colleges  &  Academies  ; 

New  Robinfon  Crufoe  ; 

Robinfon  Crufoe. 

By  the  Quantity School  Bibles  ; 

Prayer  Books;  Pfalm  Books;  Saint's 

Reft ;  the  Economy  of  human  Life  % 


French  Convert ;  Webfter's  Ameri- 
can Selection,  or  Third  Part  ;  the 
Conductor  Generalis ;  Law  of  Part- 
nerihip  ;  Lowth's  Ifaiah  ;  Brother's 
Prophecy  ;  Webfter's  Spelling  Book 
and  Grammar  ;  D wight's  Geogra- 
phy ;  Clinician  Economy  ;  Steu- 
ben's Exercife,  with  plates ;  remark- 
able Hiftory  of  the  Manheim  Fami- 
ly, &c.  Narrative  of  Whiting  Sweet- 
ing ;  Ready  Reckoner ;  the  Shorter 
Catechifm,  with  fcripture  proofs  at 
large,  prayers,  &c.  Fiiher's  Young 
Man's  Companion ;  the  Hyeroglyph- 
ic  Bible  ;  Primers  ;  Heidelberg  and 
Albathoma  Catechifms  ;  the  Moni- 
tor ;  the  Gamut,  with  blank  rules  ; 
the  Prompter ;  Chap  Books,  Picture 
Books,  Songs  and  Pamphlet ;  a  large 
aflbrtmeni  of  handfome  Prints,  Pic- 
tures, Sec.  Rules  of  the  Supreme 
Court  &  Court  of  Common  Pleas. 
ST  AT  10  N  A  R  T,  &c. 
Writing,  Letter,  Drawing  ^Blot- 
ting Paper,  Prefs  and  Bonnet  Paper ; 
Legers,  Day-books,  Journals  ;  Re- 
cord, Receipt,  Cyphering,  and  Copy 
Books ;  Parchment  ;  Mathematical 
Inftruments;  Morocco  Pocket  Books 


and  Purfes ;  Penknives ;  Ivory  Fold- 
ers ;  Spectacles ;  choice  Inkpowder, 
by  the  grofs,  dozen  or  lingle  ;  Ink, 
Wafers,  Sealing- Wax,  Quills ;  Ink- 
flands  of  the  newel!  fafhions ;  Trunks 
of  different  kinds ;  a  large  alfortment 
of  black  leather  Pocket  Books,  Sand 
and  Pounce  Boxes,  black  &?  red  lead 
Pencils ;  Slates  and  Pencils  ;  India 
Rubber  ;  large  and  fmall  Inkftands, 
Wedgewood's  patent  do. 

BLANKS,  He.' 
Parchment  Deeds  with  full  cove- 
nants, ditto  on  paper  ;  Warranty 
Deeds,  do.  againft  the  grantor;  Quit- 
claims ;  General  Releafes  ;  Leafe  B5 
Releafe ;  Mortgages ;  Leafes  for  houf- 
es  and  lots  in  town,  Leafes  for  lives, 
for  a  term  of  years,  and  for  ever; 
Deeds  of  Gift ;  Bonds ;  Bills  of  Ex- 
change, Bills  of  Sale  and  Bills  of  La- 
ding; Prentices  and  Servants  Inden- 
tures ;  Powers  of  Attorney,  Warrants 
to  confefs  Judgment,  &c.  Juflice's. 
Precepts  of  all  kinds  ;  Militia  Sum- 
monfes,  Warrants  and  Executions  ; 
Military  Returns,  drawn  up  by  the 
Adjutant-General,  and  printed  at  his 
requefl,  Serjeant's  Warrants, 


MAPS. 

Maps  of  the  World,  of  Europe,  of 
the  United  States,  of  each  State  in 
the  Union,  of  the  Military  Lands  in 
this  State,  of  the  European  Nations 
at  War,  American  Atlas,  &c. 

***  The  PRINTING  Bufmefs  in 
its  various  branches,  carried  on  by 
faid  C.  R.  O1  G.  Webfter.  Of  The 
Albany  Gazette  riling  of  two  thou- 
/and  two  hundred  are  printed  every 
week — For  the  unlimited  patronage 
with  which  the  Gazette  is  honored, 
the  Printers  feel  a  high  fenfe  of  gra- 
titude. 

The  Book-Binding  Bufinefs  is  ex- 
ecuted in  the  neateft  and  bell  man- 
ner, at  their  Bindery. 

The  Types  for  Webjier's  Spelling 
Book,  they  keep  Handing,  which  will 
enable  them  conltantly  to  fupply  that 
book  in  large  quantities. 

ICT  They  want  at  their  Paper-Mill 
in  Troy,  twenty  tons  of  clean  Linen 
and  Cotton  RAGS,  alfo  old  Canvafs, 
Seins,  Oakum,  Junk,  &c.  for  which 
they  will  pay  the  highefl  price .  in 
Cain.  Three  or  four  Apprentices 
wanted  at.  laid  MilL 


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